On Dec 21, 2007 8:49 AM, Hans de Goede <j.w.r.degoede@xxxxxx> wrote: > Valent Turkovic wrote: > > Hi, I listened to Linux Action Show and I really liked their review of > > Fedora 8. I believe that this is something Fedora users but also > > Fedora devels should listen. > > > > They give Fedora 8 a really hard but IMHO realistic review, so please > > listen to it. > > > > You can hear the clip with the review part of the podcast here: > > http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/fedora-8-audio-review/ > > http://www.archive.org/download/Fedora8ReviewlinuxActionShowEp067/Linuxactionshowep067-Fedora8Review.ogg > > http://www.archive.org/download/Fedora8ReviewlinuxActionShowEp067/Linuxactionshowep067-Fedora8Review_64kb.mp3 > > > > or you can listen the whole podcast here: > > http://www.linuxactionshow.com/?p=158 (Ogg version) > > http://www.linuxactionshow.com/?p=157 (MP3 version) > > > > Valent. > > Any chance you can write up a good summary? Esp a list of points which > they say need improvement, and you agree with, and which we are actually > capable of improving (iow not support mp3 please, etc.). > > regards, > > Hans Just the negatives: * well they didn't seem to like the Gnome theme at all * they kept making references to "Win2k" and "XP" * lack of gradients in notifications * anaconda - look is bland * anaconda - partitioning screen unintuitive * anaconda - not ready for average users (term wtf used) * anaconda makes assumptions about knowledge (I happen to think that anaconda should ask questions myself and alter UI accordingly) * live cd installer has 100% failure rate (failed at formatting portioning due to trying to copy files _during_ formatting) * really stressed how much live cd installer didn't work * by installation phase, was of the opinion that Fedora is the least polished distro currently * yum/pup still slow, but not as slow * grub screen ugly as sin, especially when followed up by rhgb (made reviewer grumpy) * Gnome online desktop - "not great" but probably "not ready for evaluation" * feels that Fedora still has an identity crisis: stuck between server and desktop * feels that if Fedora is just a proving ground, why should people use it at all other than for testing * reviewer(s) spent 2 weeks with Fedora before review, but will not keep it * reviewer(s) felt that other reviews were too lenient All in all really Gnome specific, so I have little to know opinion on it. Their sum opinion is that Fedora is only suited as a test platform - not as a server, not a desktop. -- Fedora 7 : sipping some of that moonshine ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
