Sorin Srbu wrote:
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
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Of Marcelo M. Garcia Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:57 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Sorry, but Fedora is no longer a good desktop choice. I was a Fedora user, but the distribution is pushing to far the idea of cutting edge features.
Would you mind elaborating your view here?
Hi
To be honest there isn't much to elaborate. I understand the goal Fedora project to test the latest software available. In this way, Fedora isn't for everyone. At least is not for your main system, but if you have a spare machine to install and play with it, it's probably a good idea. In my case, the rpmfusion NVIDIA driver didn't like my card, a Quadro NVS280.
I there are too many updates, and sometimes they crash something. I remember while using Fedora 10, after disappointment with F9, after an update, the sound stopped to work. I didn't like the idea of Thunderbird beta in F 12. Also, the external drives are mounted using the uuid(?) name, so instead of /media/disk, appears something like /media/88299233ddd22, which breaks my backup/recover script. And a few other thinks. My general option was that the experience wasn't good, or put in another way, Ubuntu works better.
None of this is critical, but it is annoying. For me, a good distribuition would be something seating between Fedora and CentOS. In the last months I started thinking that Ubuntu feel this gap. I still believe that CentOS is best option for servers and technical workstations, but not for my laptop, a Dell XPS M1530.
Regards
mg.
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On
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Of Marcelo M. Garcia Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 11:08 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] CentOS for non-tech user
Sorry, but Fedora is no longer a good desktop choice. I was a Fedora user, but the distribution is pushing to far the idea of cutting edge features.
Would you mind elaborating your view here?
To be honest there isn't much to elaborate. I understand the goal Fedora project to test the latest software available. In this way, Fedora isn't for everyone. At least is not for your main system, but if you have a spare machine to install and play with it, it's probably a good idea. In my case, the rpmfusion NVIDIA driver didn't like my card, a Quadro NVS280.
I there are too many updates, and sometimes they crash something. I remember while using Fedora 10, after disappointment with F9, after an update, the sound stopped to work. I didn't like the idea of Thunderbird beta in F 12. Also, the external drives are mounted using the uuid(?) name, so instead of /media/disk, appears something like /media/88299233ddd22, which breaks my backup/recover script. And a few other thinks. My general option was that the experience wasn't good, or put in another way, Ubuntu works better.
Uuid doesn't look like something I'd like to see anywhere soon on my systems... I'll look into that though. I'd like to know the point with it.
None of this is critical, but it is annoying. For me, a good distribuition would be something seating between Fedora and CentOS. In the last months I started thinking that Ubuntu feel this gap. I still believe that CentOS is best option for servers and technical workstations, but not for my laptop, a Dell XPS M1530.
Thanks for the reply. As I can see from above, your opinions basically mirror my own with respect to Fedora.
However, my opinion is that CentOS fits almost everywhere. In fact, I'm just finishing up a CentOS install on a Compaq Evo N610c - a portable. I've done this before and it has worked fine with the exception where a wifi-card in involved. This most often gives me grief.
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Marcelo M. Garcia -
Sorin Srbu