So Long and Thanks for All the Fish
Aaron Konstam
akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Apr 28 13:34:01 UTC 2008
On Mon, 2008-04-28 at 10:39 +0100, John Austin wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-04-27 at 18:43 -0600, kwhiskerz wrote:
> > I, for one:
> >
> > -love fedora (began in 97 or 98 with redhat 5 and never left). I try other
> > distros long enough to get them installed, for about 5 minutes, but NEVER
> > migrate my personal information to any other system, as I see, time and
> > again, that it is all just Linux and Fedora has the best support and
> > maintenance. It is simply reliable. I use fedora-testing, so occasionally
> > there might be a glitch that takes 2-3 days to get repaired. In all, a super
> > distro!
> >
> > -rpm and yum are solid and reliable and simply work. I have tried at least 3
> > installations of Kubuntu and apt broke on the very first update and I
> > couldn't even get the sytem updated from the live cd to the new versions on
> > the repository - that is not good.
> >
> > -I do get impatient with Fedpora sometimes, as it could sometimes be more
> > bleeding edge for my taste (I read about cool things I want to try, hence
> > install, as mentioned above, but this distro is where everything works).
> >
> > -new kernels bring new features, repair problems, and to my glee, whenever
> > something has not quite worked or gotten broken, a couple of days later and
> > voilà, a new kernel and a reboot and I am again happy.
> >
> > -I love the updates. So many new features, and I just can't wait to try them,
> > and I wake up in the morning to see a whole slew of new fixes. I just can't
> > wait to install them.
> >
> > Fedora is simply mature, well-maintained, reliable and serious... suitable for
> > anyone, even beginner (as I was when I began with redhat), who wishes to get
> > the computer out of the back pocket and onto the desktop.
> >
> > Keep up the superb work, guys!
> >
That is all great except for the Subject which implies just the opposite of the
content of the message.
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