On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 13:38 -0500, Mike Cronenworth wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: i586 kernels [Was: very common kernel modules slow down > the boot process] > From: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 04/08/2008 10:15 AM > > > On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 09:55 -0500, Mike Cronenworth wrote: > > > >>>> or am I missing something else? > >>> Bring along a lot of time ... installation/updates are really slow ;) > >>> > >> Not to sound *too* negative, but is there a donation fund where I can > >> put $5 so you guys with i586s can upgrade? Good lord. > >> > >> I'm sure if you melted down the gold, copper, and steel in the i586 > >> computers you guys have you could *easily* afford a Core 2 Quad with 4 > >> gigs of DDR2. > > What you are missing: There are other aspects besides "being able to > > afford a Core 2 Quad", ... > > > > ... if I were interested in running a "multimedia desktop" (which I > > presume is the direction certain folks are trying to drive Fedora into), > > I'd probably use Vista or buy a Mac. > > > > Going further OT here. > > So you wish to say Linux isn't "multimedia competent?" No, I am not saying this. I say *Fedora* has taken a road which is leading away from where Linux has had it's genuine domains and which had made Linux interesting. Fedora is on the road to become a single-user, single-seat operating system only being suitable for high end machines. It's things like multi-user capabilities and deployment to "recycled low end hardware" which I feel are going down the drain. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
