tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post6880851746774945678..comments2008-02-22T12:03:15.614+08:00jun auzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14949001210993384627noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-81357662782701009812008-02-22T12:03:00.000+08:002008-02-22T12:03:00.000+08:00Very nice review! I must disagree, however. <BR/><BR/>I am a long time user of Redhat hosted linux back to before Fedora (or Fedora Core) existed. Fedora 8 has made me reconsider my longstanding use of Fedora. I have never had so much trouble installing an OS... ever. <BR/><BR/>After booting off of the internal CD/DVD drive, the installer failed to recognize the DVD drive (IDE). Not only is this something Fedora Core 6 did out of the box with the same hardware and no configuration, but I had just booted from that drive! I had to boot from the internal drive, and go get an old USB external DVD drive to do the install. <BR/><BR/>After the install, my VNC sessions have crazy key mapping issues that require manual re-mapping. <BR/><BR/>Even after getting all patches and updates, this OS is still not ready for prime time. And... the internal DVD drive is still not recognized by the OS. <BR/><BR/>I reverted back to a previous version.<BR/> <BR/>I didn't expect to go backwards in compatibility.... oh well... I hear Ubuntu is becoming popular. <BR/><BR/>-disappointedMatthewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17363612728503995865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-9123931451785275242008-01-11T13:42:00.000+08:002008-01-11T13:42:00.000+08:00I couldn't agree more. Nice review, but it's unfortunate for me that Fedora 8 doesn't work well on my hardware.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-55523023192678671532008-01-11T13:37:00.000+08:002008-01-11T13:37:00.000+08:00Distrowatch admits that their ranking system is not 100% accurate so we shouldn't rely on it. However,it has been a tradition for Linux users to refer to distrowatch when looking for the hottest existing distribution. I believe we shouldn't break a tradition or shall I call it an institution like distrowatch.HackerXxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-33036302283306323852008-01-11T13:23:00.000+08:002008-01-11T13:23:00.000+08:00Yeah right. Distrowatch doesn't even care about Fedora and tends to favor that crappy Ubuntu more.Fed Corenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-29505793279262442472008-01-11T13:19:00.000+08:002008-01-11T13:19:00.000+08:00I agree with Buff. Distrowatch is the only authority when it comes to ranking distros. Great review BTW.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-10510833751327366362008-01-11T12:48:00.000+08:002008-01-11T12:48:00.000+08:00Where is elsewhere? Distrowatch is the only website that measures distro popularity. Though may not be 100% accurate,almost all Linuxers have huge respect for the ranking system.Buffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-75746128615231038002008-01-10T12:41:00.000+08:002008-01-10T12:41:00.000+08:00Yes Distowatch stats have been demostrated to be abused by web-bots. Look elsewhere if you want rankings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5023590240909870844.post-8847133527828608062008-01-09T23:29:00.000+08:002008-01-09T23:29:00.000+08:00<A HREF="http://www.thepcspy.com/read/do_distrowatchs_statistics_equate_popularity" REL="nofollow">Distrowatch stats are irrelevant outside Distrowatch.</A>Olihttp://www.thepcspy.comnoreply@blogger.com