Re: Why I quit Fedora 7

[Karl Larsen <k5di@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Les Mikesell wrote:
> Karl Larsen wrote:
>
> > > > >   That doesn't always break things but it should be the first 
> > > > > thing to suspect if you've done it and I think you did mention at 
> > > > > least a thunderbird and some libraries.  If you have problems that 
> > > > > others don't, you'll probably have to get back to a stock system 
> > > > > and see if they are fixed.
> > > >
> > > >    I might try that. It has been VERY bad, what with the printer 
> > > > and Email client not working it is a real bad start. Also Fedora 7 
> > > > doesn't always come up right. It often comes up without any 
> > > > controls. Others have this same problem.
> > >
> > > If you are looking for more stability, you might like CentOS5 at 
> > > least for the near future.  It is very, very much like FC6 at the 
> > > end of its development and it will have a long security/bugfix 
> > > support life. The downside is that it never gets 'new feature' 
> > > updates within the version life, so a year or two from now it may 
> > > look fairly dated as a desktop platform.
> >    Well for stability I can't fault Fedora Core 4 which I am using 
> > now. I have been using it for 3 years about and it never seems to 
> > have a problem. It will soon outlive Windows XP :-)
>
> Every fedora version is solid near/at the end of its life but then you 
> don't even get security updates.

Well I have d/l 2 of the 6 cd-rom's for Fedora Core 6 so I replaced 
Fedora 7 with a bare bones FC6 that looks a lot better than F7! So far 
it all works. As for security you can't beat a DSL systems fire wall. I 
live 1 mile from New Mexico State U which I taught at before retirement. 
They have 30-50 hackers there who try their best to get into my Linux. 
None have yet.

Karl