A chuckle about FC3

[Alma J Wetzker]

Andrew Mathews wrote:
> Collins Richey wrote:
> | Interesting review on linuxplanet. It confirms some of my initial
> | suspicions about the FC. project.
> |
> | http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/5670/1/
> |
> | "The first thing anyone considering using Fedora needs to know is this
> | is not a safe, sane Linux distribution. ... Fedora is the test bed for
> | Red Hat Enterprise Linux, ... This is the playground for Red Hat
> | engineers and random volunteer developers to go nuts and try out wacky
> | new things, and users get to play along. It has a fast release cycle
> | of 2-3 times per year, with shiny new things in every release. So you
> | should expect a few bumps and lumps."
> |
> | Under the page titled "Services run Amok":
> |
> | "To sum up, don't use Fedora if you want perfect, trouble-free 
> computing."
> |
> 
> All from a person who
> 1. Doesn't know why xinetd is running or started by default
> 2. Makes a claim that "Multi-boot users will run into problems from Red
> Hat/Fedora's use of disk labels".
> 
> I'll give that reviewer all the credibility that's deserved. Obviously
> not the sharpest tool in the shed. And to complete the quote in it's
> entirety rather than taking it out of context as above:
> 
> "To sum up, don't use Fedora if you want perfect, trouble-free
> computing. (Come to think of it, don't use computers if you don't want
> troubles.) For pretty good performance on the bleeding edge, Fedora does
> just fine."

Even with the final conclusion given in full context, I am not tempted to go 
with FC?.  A decade or more ago I really wanted to develop the expertise of 
some of the real masters like we have on this list.  At this point, I would 
rather tinker with my lego mindstorm than my computer.  I want the computer to 
Just Work Dammit (tm).  Being a student also lends to that attitude.  I cannot 
afford to have the system down AT ALL during a semester.  (Which is why my 
gentoo is borken, too long between updates.)

At this stage, I am happy to learn the tricks to make the system do what I 
want and I am grateful for the help of the list.  RH products have always 
provided a bit too much "experience" for my taste.

Experience is a teacher
but here's what makes me burn,
She always wants to teach those things
I have no wish to learn.

     -- Alma