Comments on: Why I No Longer Use Fedora: An Open Letter by David A. Shea http://reallylongword.org/2009/07/why-i-no-longer-use-fedora-an-open-letter-by-david-a-shea/ Difference Engine Diary Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:52:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://reallylongword.org/2009/07/why-i-no-longer-use-fedora-an-open-letter-by-david-a-shea/comment-page-1/#comment-335 Chris Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:29:57 +0000 http://reallylongword.org/?p=920#comment-335 Totally agree too. I use Redhat / Fedora for a long time as well. I replaced all my Unix or Windows systems by Redhat then Fedora many years ago. Earlier this year I replaced Windows by Fedora 10 on my professional laptop and I've been happy with it. I used VMWare Server to run Windows for some professional applications which do not run under Linux without any problem. I was even able to leave my Dell Latitude D620 on idle for 3 days with VMWare running without any problem! (this was a great improvement compared to how Windows behaves with VM running) Now, since I upgraded to Fedora 11, my laptop keeps crashing at least once a day, I can't suspend it and have to reboot every time (and booting Fedora today as become as long as booting Windows), I sometime loose the keyboard or at least the shift key, I can't plug in my iPhone when VMWare has the focus,... I'm really considering also to switch to Ubuntu like many people I know! Cheers, Chris. Totally agree too. I use Redhat / Fedora for a long time as well. I replaced all my Unix or Windows systems by Redhat then Fedora many years ago.
Earlier this year I replaced Windows by Fedora 10 on my professional laptop and I’ve been happy with it. I used VMWare Server to run Windows for some professional applications which do not run under Linux without any problem. I was even able to leave my Dell Latitude D620 on idle for 3 days with VMWare running without any problem! (this was a great improvement compared to how Windows behaves with VM running)
Now, since I upgraded to Fedora 11, my laptop keeps crashing at least once a day, I can’t suspend it and have to reboot every time (and booting Fedora today as become as long as booting Windows), I sometime loose the keyboard or at least the shift key, I can’t plug in my iPhone when VMWare has the focus,…
I’m really considering also to switch to Ubuntu like many people I know!

Cheers,
Chris.

]]> By: Oscar http://reallylongword.org/2009/07/why-i-no-longer-use-fedora-an-open-letter-by-david-a-shea/comment-page-1/#comment-332 Oscar Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:17:39 +0000 http://reallylongword.org/?p=920#comment-332 I totally agree with you. I also have been using RH/Fedora family for a while. Fedora mostly because of the RH tie in. I'm familiar with the "redhat" way of managing the system and thus its easy to work on fedora than other distros... However, I've been ramping up my skills with Ubuntu, they have the momentum and I think they address a lot of the points you make about Fedora's lack of stability and consistency. Cheers. I totally agree with you. I also have been using RH/Fedora family for a while. Fedora mostly because of the RH tie in. I’m familiar with the “redhat” way of managing the system and thus its easy to work on fedora than other distros…

However, I’ve been ramping up my skills with Ubuntu, they have the momentum and I think they address a lot of the points you make about Fedora’s lack of stability and consistency.

Cheers.

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