Comments on: Fedora 9: Get yours and get involved http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/ Red Hat Magazine Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:00:25 +0000 http://lyceum.ibiblio.org/?v=1.0.2 by: Raj http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-103654 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:02:03 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-103654 i have just visit on red hat magazine. i saw here latest version of fedora... but i have got a problem in it.. i want to give sugession to make its kernal line more advanced... just like RHEL... i have just visit on red hat magazine. i saw here latest version of fedora… but i have got a problem in it..
i want to give sugession to make its kernal line more advanced… just like RHEL…

]]> by: MOHAMMED ABDUL SAJID http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93175 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 16:52:32 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93175 HI I MOHAMMED ABDUL SAJID I WAS READ YOUR MAIL IN MY ACCOUNT PLZ TELL OPEN SOURCE SECURE AND I WANT TAKE A REDHAT MAGAZINES FROM YOUR COMPANY OK HI
I MOHAMMED ABDUL SAJID I WAS READ YOUR MAIL IN MY ACCOUNT PLZ TELL OPEN SOURCE SECURE AND I WANT TAKE A REDHAT MAGAZINES FROM YOUR COMPANY OK

]]> by: Bill Cronk http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93152 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:21:10 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93152 I have been using various versions of Fedora since Core 1 was released. I am somewhat converted over from always using SuSE. As I have seen in the past though, not all Fedora installation solutions appear to have been tested. I cannot make it install, so for now back to Fedora 8 I go. Forgive me for not being able to provide details on why it wouldn't install, I am at work now :) and don't have the details with me. I have been using various versions of Fedora since Core 1 was released. I am somewhat converted over from always using SuSE. As I have seen in the past though, not all Fedora installation solutions appear to have been tested. I cannot make it install, so for now back to Fedora 8 I go.

Forgive me for not being able to provide details on why it wouldn’t install, I am at work now :) and don’t have the details with me.

]]> by: David Legg http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93143 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:02:04 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93143 Rather a lot of whinging above I think. You don't have to use F9 if you don't like it yet; just wind back to F8 for a while. In the mean-time, F9 will establish KDE4 and Firefox3 and stabilise them fro everybody's benefit in a few months. It was a shame about the NVIDIA drivers, but maybe NVIDIA will eventually learn that open source is the only way for Linux drivers ... Rather a lot of whinging above I think. You don’t have to use F9 if you don’t like it yet; just wind back to F8 for a while. In the mean-time, F9 will establish KDE4 and Firefox3 and stabilise them fro everybody’s benefit in a few months. It was a shame about the NVIDIA drivers, but maybe NVIDIA will eventually learn that open source is the only way for Linux drivers …

]]> by: SGHolt http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93118 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 13:34:03 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93118 I have to agree with K. Castania's comments. I am a long time user and supporter of Fedora (FC1 to present). I found this release to be severly crippled by some of the included packages. KDE is unusable, Firefox 3 is slow/buggy and xorg was a major hurdle for those of us who need a 3rd party driver. Certainly you have no control on how some of these packages are managed, but you do have control on what you can include in the new releases. It would have been better to release F9 with out all these "beta" stage packages. I am very disappointed and likely will go back to F8 until things stabilize. I know we are dealing with a "bleeding edge" product here but most of us still need to use our computers too. Thank you for all your hard work, but lets keep in mind the needs of the users... I have to agree with K. Castania’s comments. I am a long time user and supporter of Fedora (FC1 to present). I found this release to be severly crippled by some of the included packages. KDE is unusable, Firefox 3 is slow/buggy and xorg was a major hurdle for those of us who need a 3rd party driver. Certainly you have no control on how some of these packages are managed, but you do have control on what you can include in the new releases.
It would have been better to release F9 with out all these “beta” stage packages. I am very disappointed and likely will go back to F8 until things stabilize.
I know we are dealing with a “bleeding edge” product here but most of us still need to use our computers too.
Thank you for all your hard work, but lets keep in mind the needs of the users…

]]> by: K. Castania http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93039 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:44:27 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-93039 I have used RH/Fedora since RH7.2. I skipped a few of the Core releases, but decided it was time to upgrade again from F7 to Sulphur. IMHO, you should have waited to release F9; it has all the feel of a beta product. Unlike previous releases where a few things had to be tweaked, F9 was released with no login manager, (apart from just looking around) KDE is practically un-usable, Firefox 3 BETA (so buggy I switched to Opera), and a few much loved packages haven't made it into the repository list ("yet," we're told). Sorry, folks, this is the most ill-timed released I've ever seen from Fedora; it just wasn't ready. I'm wondering if the calendar is going to dictate future releases more than product readiness: if so, Fedora is on the wrong track and user base will slip. I have used RH/Fedora since RH7.2. I skipped a few of the Core releases, but decided it was time to upgrade again from F7 to Sulphur.

IMHO, you should have waited to release F9; it has all the feel of a beta product. Unlike previous releases where a few things had to be tweaked, F9 was released with no login manager, (apart from just looking around) KDE is practically un-usable, Firefox 3 BETA (so buggy I switched to Opera), and a few much loved packages haven’t made it into the repository list (”yet,” we’re told). Sorry, folks, this is the most ill-timed released I’ve ever seen from Fedora; it just wasn’t ready. I’m wondering if the calendar is going to dictate future releases more than product readiness: if so, Fedora is on the wrong track and user base will slip.

]]> by: Tom Szucs http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-92933 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:33:43 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-92933 Why the separate selections for Desktop and Server? I am a developer (C, C++, Qt, Java) but I also ran a MySQL server and apache server - I don't see these servers as something I can start up with the 'Services' GUI. Also, what happened to all of the 'Programming' submenus? Only devhelp and glade designer survived the 'upgrade'. Why the separate selections for Desktop and Server? I am a developer (C, C++, Qt, Java) but I also ran a MySQL server and apache server - I don’t see these servers as something I can start up with the ‘Services’ GUI. Also, what happened to all of the ‘Programming’ submenus? Only devhelp and glade designer survived the ‘upgrade’.

]]> by: Tom Szucs http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-92931 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:20:39 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-92931 I downloaded and installed Fedora Core 9 - now if someone could let me know how to get a dual head with a single ATI graphics card (VE 7000) working that would be great. I thought I'd be smart and save my xorg.conf file from the previous system I was running (Fedora Core 7), but when I try that, Fedora Core 9 won't boot at all. I downloaded and installed Fedora Core 9 - now if someone could let me know how to get a dual head with a single ATI graphics card (VE 7000) working that would be great. I thought I’d be smart and save my xorg.conf file from the previous system I was running (Fedora Core 7), but when I try that, Fedora Core 9 won’t boot at all.

]]> by: Allan Tingey http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-92878 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:10:50 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-92878 It's amazing that you could write so many words about fedora with giving even the slightest hint as to what it is. It’s amazing that you could write so many words about fedora with giving even the slightest hint as to what it is.

]]> by: Paul W. Frields http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-88056 Wed, 21 May 2008 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/05/13/fedora-9-get-yours-and-get-involved/#comment-88056 @makarand -- if it's Red Hat Enterprise Linux you want, look no further: http://redhat.com/rhel has all the information you need. If, on the other hand, you're looking for Fedora 9, which is what this article was about, check out http://get.fedoraproject.org/ for all the free goodies. @makarand — if it’s Red Hat Enterprise Linux you want, look no further: http://redhat.com/rhel has all the information you need. If, on the other hand, you’re looking for Fedora 9, which is what this article was about, check out http://get.fedoraproject.org/ for all the free goodies.

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