Fedora 26 review - A garden implement

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by Mrkvonic, Aug 21, 2017.

  1. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Monday blues: Here be a long, thorough review of Fedora 26 64-bit Gnome edition tested on a Lenovo G50 laptop with UEFI, 16 partitions and a multi-boot setup with Windows and numerous Linux distributions, covering live session, installation and post-install usage, including look & feel and difficult desktop ergonomics, network support - Wireless, Bluetooth, Samba sharing and printing, multimedia support - MP3 and HD video, smartphone support - Ubuntu Phone and Windows Phone, Rhythmbox crash and related subsequent filesystem snapshot errors, second live testing session, installer hangs, partitioning, package management and related errors, desktop customization, applications and extras, resource utilization, performance, responsiveness, stability, battery life, hardware compatibility, suspend & resume, SELinux alerts, application crashes and issues, other observations, and more. Enjoy.

    https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-26-gnome.html


    Cheers,
    Mrk
     
  2. NormanF

    NormanF Registered Member

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    Given the state of Fedora, no wonder Fedora 27 will soon be upon us.

    If you don't care for stock Fedora - Russian Fedora is essentially the same thing plus all the extra repositories offered so you can get everything working out of the box upon installation.

    Korora too is the NZ version of Fedora with a different name and all the goodies enabled by default.

    The inconsistent quality of a release may have something to do with the rapid release cycle Fedora is on.

    Why they can't they offer an LTS version so its bug-free and works? Oh wait - CENTOS already does it.

    In its current form, Fedora is the next thing to an RPM rolling distro you'll see in the Linux world.
     
  3. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Yup. But even so, some consistency, regardless of the model they go for, would be appreciated.
    Mrk
     
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