“I got to install Fedora Core 6 twice yesterday, in very different contexts, and I’m so far rather pleased with the outcome of my stay in Zod-land. This, despite minor setbacks which were very much due to my requirements, and some not truly Fedora related.” More here.
Fedora Core 6 (Zod) in Parallels
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So on I went with the first boot, and the kernel and all of the desired daemons loaded without an itch.
I always love it when my kernel and daemons install without causing itching…is this a new Fedora feature?
–bornagainpenguin (who stopped reading TFA just to come back and point out that amusing typo…)
PS: reading the rest of the article (kind of short, I expected more details somehow) the author said:
I somehow find this puzzling, given that the documentation lists the now obsolete OS2 as being an option for these useful, but non mandatory, utilities. But I guess a dead OS is an easy one to support.
And they’re right. It is easier to support a dead OS than it is Linux right now. The APIs in the kernel and the system libraries are always evolving in Linux, it’s still a living evolving operating system, whereas OS/2 is a a mostly stable OS with few changes in its core on the way.
So yeah, it’s much easier to develop for something you need only make work once and then more or less only look at once in a while instead of constantly keep abreast of the changes to the system like they’d have to do with Linux. Time is money and their time seems mores wisely spent developing something that can be done with a minimum of fuss. Does it suck? Hell yeah, I’m a Linux user too–but I understand why it’s this way.
Edited 2006-10-29 17:49
As an OS/2 – eComStation user, I find the utilities VERY useful. Your linux may run on anything out of the box, but there are times when keeping good working old HW around just isn’t as easy, or desired. Many places still use Os/2, and having the ability to carry ONE laptop onsite is great.
I understand your desire to have them available for linux. Id’ like to see them as well. but you were also right in stating that an older OS (not dead yet) is easier te develop for. It’s not the moving target that linux is, and it’s well documented on what needs to be done.
The previous poster (bornagainenguin) gets this as well. Guess the article writer didn’t look beyond his little world into other’s before adding that to the article. Linux and Windows users aren’t the only ones wanting to virtualise OSes on their macs.
Edited 2006-10-29 18:30