Fedora 28 KDE - Call the doctor, it's not feeling well

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by Mrkvonic, Jul 6, 2018.

  1. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Happiness everywhere. Behold, a long, negative review of Fedora 28 KDE, tested in a dual-boot setup on a laptop with Nvidia graphics, covering live session, installation and a partial post-install usage, including look & feel, fonts, networking - Wireless, Bluetooth, Samba sharing, printing, multimedia support - MP3 playback and HD video, partitioning, customization, numerous application crashes, errors and bugs, broken smartphone support, and a dead desktop after graphics drivers installation. Take a look.

    https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-28-kde.html


    Cheers,
    Mrk
     
  2. summerheat

    summerheat Registered Member

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    It's always interesting how perceptions vary. I'm absolutely happy with Fedora 28 KDE. However, I hadn't installed it anew but performed a release-upgrade from v. 27. Perhaps this makes a difference.
     
  3. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    It's not a perception. All of the problems come with errors, popups, crashes.
    My test methods remain unchanged. I am highly consistent in what I do.
    What changes is the seesaw of bugs and regressions and quality in the distros.
    Mrk
     
  4. Beyonder

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  5. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    I'll see what I can do. Will you believe me that I have more than a year's worth of requests in my todo list?
    Mrk
     
  6. taytong888

    taytong888 Registered Member

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    My installation of F28 KDE 64 bit was a total disaster and a waste of time. Same thing happens with F28 Cinnamon and F28 Workstation Netinst.

    The Live DVD boots into a wall of text. Then after a very long wait, the screen shows "Input not supported".

    This is not the first time I install Fedora. I always verify SHA256 checksums before burning ISO images to disks. My PC has an AMD Phenom II X2 CPU, 8 GB DDR3 RAM and a GeForce GT710 video card. It's not that old and it has a multiboot of Windows 7, openSUSE Leap 15.0, Xubuntu 18, Mint 19, F28 Xfce and SolydK 9.
     
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