Linked by Robert Trembath on Wed 18th Feb 2004 01:29 UTC
Couldn't stop myself from trying the new Fedora 2-test1 release, even if it is an alpha! The 2.6 kernel, KDE 3.2 and Gnome 2.5 all in the same release was just to much candy to turn away from; too bad it's more sour rather than sweet at this (beta) point than I would have expected.
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I also tried out Fedora Core 2 (really 1.90) over the weekend. Here's what I think:
- KDE 3.2 rocks. No, seriously. Big time. This is easier to use than Windows. Most of my test subjects liked Keramik over WinXP/Luna. (Personally I like Plastik better.) Bluecurve was rendered "dull" (they are a couple of my customers, typical office workers).
- Notably missing are KDE/GNOME enhancements to Mozilla and OpenOffice.
- Linux 2.6 is an improvement even in the desktop space, as it has noticeably less disturbing 'lags'.
- Evolution crashes in a multitude of ways.
- FC2 is unstable. Not ready for use yet. It messes up some files. The wireless setup had trouble. I think Fedora should give up their Red Hat-centric setup programs and roll them into GNOME/KDE instead. Fedora boots very slowly. It has problems autodetecting more than one NIC.
Conclusion: A fine heir to Red Hat. Use if you like Bluecurve, but wait for it to mature first. If you want Linux on the desktop, go KDE 3.2.