Craig White wrote: >> > 1) Wireless support is fantastic compared to F7 with the new in-kernel >> > drivers for iwl3945 (and 4965), as well as the old ipw2200, and >> > removing the need to compile and install proprietary drivers. Work is >> > still being undertaken on ath5k and rt2x00 but the latter is now >> > working well for me with a usb adapter that uses rt73usb. >> >> I don't have any of these devices, but I would have thought >> any advances were in the Linux kernel rather than the Fedora >> distribution? > ---- > that's not the case though because these things required some changes in > supporting software so again, there is always the possibility of > regression which breaks things that previously ran well. I don't understand. As far as I can see, the drivers you mention are all in recent Linux kernels, eg 2.6.24-rc2. I assume they would have been incorporated into Fedora kernels sooner or later, with or without a new distribution. Just to repeat myself, I am not complaining about F8, which I installed (via USB stick) without problem, and which works perfectly for me. It may be a good idea to make package developers concentrate their minds by giving a definite date for completion. However, I don't believe there was any great reason for a new distribution at this time.
