Sorin Srbu wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf
>> Of Marcelo M. Garcia
>> Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 8:57 PM
>> To: CentOS mailing list
>> Subject: Re: 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.
_______________________________________________
CentOS mailing list
CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx
http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
