On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 13:38 -0500, Mike Cronenworth wrote:
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: i586 kernels [Was: very common kernel modules slow down
the boot process]
From: Ralf Corsepius <rc040203(a)freenet.de>
To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: 04/08/2008 10:15 AM
> On Tue, 2008-04-08 at 09:55 -0500, Mike Cronenworth wrote:
>
>>>> or am I missing something else?
>>> Bring along a lot of time ... installation/updates are really slow ;)
>>>
>> Not to sound *too* negative, but is there a donation fund where I can
>> put $5 so you guys with i586s can upgrade? Good lord.
>>
>> I'm sure if you melted down the gold, copper, and steel in the i586
>> computers you guys have you could *easily* afford a Core 2 Quad with 4
>> gigs of DDR2.
> What you are missing: There are other aspects besides "being able to
> afford a Core 2 Quad", ...
>
> ... if I were interested in running a "multimedia desktop" (which I
> presume is the direction certain folks are trying to drive Fedora into),
> I'd probably use Vista or buy a Mac.
>
Going further OT here.
So you wish to say Linux isn't "multimedia competent?"
No, I am not
saying this.
I say *Fedora* has taken a road which is leading away from where Linux
has had it's genuine domains and which had made Linux interesting.
Fedora is on the road to become a single-user, single-seat operating
system only being suitable for high end machines. It's things like
multi-user capabilities and deployment to "recycled low end hardware"
which I feel are going down the drain.
Ralf