One of the bugs that I found unaceptable to find in fedora core 1 is "ye olde" rpm bug(since rh8), of course it can be fixed by the user but why? El jue, 13 de 11 de 2003 a las 10:29, Brian Johnson escribiÃ: > Perhaps another article comparing Fedora to Redhat 9 would be a better goal for this > list rather than this one that may have had a similar tone if Redhat 9 was being > reviewed > > I think many agree that Redhat has made significant improvements in the user > friendliness of the gui but I am not one to say that there still isn't room for > improvement. > > Simple desktop task criteria such as printing still need uniformity (may be finally > on the way with CUPS but still is not used by some programs). Other more minor > things/annoyances like saving window states on logout, taskbar icons for IM clients > and such still need a uniformity to their operation > > Please don't try to explain the reasons for these problems to me, I understand them, > I'm referring to a desktop user who is just not interested in why or how something > works or not, they just expect it to work and criticise it if it doesn't. We may > not like it but that is the way it is. > > I tend to agree that reviews of reviews need not question the person's intelligence > or experience. Those criteria only influence what the article means, not it's > validity. Yes I know there are errors, but have you ever looked into the time > frames these reporters are given to write reviews? This may have been a one day > assignment (which would be difficult for a proper article even for a linux guru) > > Could I be so bold as to suggest that other reviews will be written, and a wise move > would be to consult a few in order to form a balanced opinion. Also, I think all > experienced linux people expected some bumps in this change, so is not exactly a > surprise that there might be some problems > > > > > H M Kunzmann (herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: > > > >> This is sad. No more Redhat Linux, outside of the enterprise version, and > >> here is the first release of fedora getting poor reviews: > >> http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/12/2323256 > >> Where to turn? > > > >There are a lot of comments claiming that the author of the article > >lacks the ability or intelligence to give the review any credibility. > > > >The tasks she had difficulties with seem to have been simple ones, and > >this you take as evidence that the article is useless. > > > >Apart from the Linux hippie intellectual supremacist statements I would > >normally expect to come rolling in after any form of criticism of the > >OS, perhaps the point is exactly that she reviewer was struggling with > >simple things. Fedora targets the market of normal users, while RHEL > >moves on to capture the big bucks. That means fedora is the Linux that > >people who aren't whiz kids or back street geniuses with a fetish to > >tinker on arcane scripts and config files, are gonna use. Redhat has > >been doing a great job at nailing down the desktop market for the > >not-so-computer-wise, and the article points out quite clearly that this > >may have been progress now totally lost. > > > >I have not yet tried Fedora, so I don't rightfully know whether she has > >any significant points, but it is clear to me, that for an average user, > >things may be a bit problematic. > > > >I'm somewhat ashamed to see that the comments posted on this adopt the > >same approach that MS users do when trying to denounce articles, and the > >authors of articles, promoting or comparing something open source vs. > >windows. Instead of shouting "You don't know what you're talking > >about!", it would be nice to see points countered with intellectual > >arguments instead of child like-sulking. > > > > > > -- ========================= |Jorge Josà BoscÃn Etura| | +584185150239 | |penguin:137000 | |FermÃn Toro University | |http://www.uft.edu.ve | ========================= -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
