"FC6 was the final release of Fedora Core."

[Collins Richey]

On 11/21/06, Tony Alfrey <tonyalfrey at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Ric Moore wrote:
> > On Mon, 2006-11-20 at 11:31 -0800, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >> Net Llama! wrote:
> >>> http://wtogami.livejournal.com/11707.html
> >>>
> >> Being Of Substantially Limited Mental Capacity And Generally Clueless
> >> (BOSLMCAGC), I don't get it.  Isn't this a case of "a rose by any other
> >> name . . . ."?
> >
> > Ah, the Stranger from a Strange Land returns!! Been off sailing again??
>
> No <glumly>, the sailing weather sorta sucks.
>
> > Well, back to the topic, the REALLY big deal is that Fedora as a
> > frenzied bleeding edge development structure is dead. Instead it will
> > halt at FC6, which is a blessing as the pace of keeping up with 10-30
> > new updates nightly has been rough.
>
> <description of pain and torture snipped>
>
> >
> > So, no... it's not a rose by any other name, when the change is
> > completely orchestrated to bring Fedora to RedHat as a combination of
> > the best of both.
> <snip>
>
> So does this mean that soon I can go out and buy Fedora Something and
> stick it on a new laptop that I don't necessarily have to compare every
> component on the box to an approved hardware list,  ...

Nope, the average Schmo should just put up the latest Ubuntu. Most
laptops seem to work out of the box, and there's plenty of community
support for taming the weird-ass wireless parts.

Actually, I don't expect  to see either Ubuntu or Headgear Reborn
solving the wireless problem completely any time soon. There are just
too damn many chipsets.


-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.