Fedora Core 6 review (Software In Review)

Posted Nov 11, 2006 20:07 UTC (Sat) by cj100570 (guest, #41627)
Parent article: Fedora Core 6 review (Software In Review)

All this bickering back and forth about proprietary and non proprietary drivers is a waste of time. The fact of the matter is that if Linux does not avail itself to being easier to install and configure it'll always be a niche operating system. As someone who was new to Linux 2 years ago I would've never made the switch from Windows had my distro of choice, SUSE, not benn easy to get up and running. We as a community need to put things in perspective. We all want Linux to gain ground by bringing new people into the fold right? In order to do this we need to make it easier for them to make the switch. If that means adding a few proprietary drivers to the mix, video, wifi, etc., I think it's worth it!

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Fedora Core 6 review (Software In Review)

Posted Nov 12, 2006 20:29 UTC (Sun) by heksys (guest, #41569) [Link]

I think that it's true, Linux Distributions have to make it easier for new
users, I still remember the time I made the switch I thought about it for
a bit just because my internet settings didn't work and the only way for
me to get help was on the internet, so I thank God I had 2 hard drives
(one with windows and the other with linux) so for me to be able to fix
the problem I had to switch over. Till this day I have try all Fedora
versions and never liked it for that reason, nothing never works and it
takes you a lot of time to fix the problems, thats if I ever get to fix
it. I have always wonder how the hell it's supposedly the most used Linux
flavor. How? In my opinion Fedora should just let it rest for good.