Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules [LWN.net]

Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules

Posted Mar 16, 2006 20:52 UTC (Thu) by HappyCamp (subscriber, #29230)
In reply to: Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules by elanthis
Parent article: Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules

It's pretty much a given that every distribution is constantly broken, unless you can point me to a distribution that has zero defects/bugs :)

I started out using Red Hat Linux and have been using Fedora Core. I have noticed a few issues here and there but nothing that has made me want to switch distributions.

I guess it is to each their own.

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Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules

Posted Mar 17, 2006 0:36 UTC (Fri) by hawk (subscriber, #3195) [Link]

I think the whole point was that Fedora is much more experimental than RHL ever was.

I'm not truly into RedHat, but from what I've seen and heard I don't think anyone is saying that Fedora has to be absolutely bug free or that RHL was absolutely bug free.
What seems to be a central part of the complaints, however, is that Fedora implements experimental things that don't necessarily make sense to roll out at that stage if the goal really was to make Fedora as good as possible. (Hence "RHEL's guinea pig".)

Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules

Posted Mar 17, 2006 6:53 UTC (Fri) by wolfrider (guest, #3105) [Link]

Ever heard of Debian STABLE? :P

Fedora core 5 will (temporarily) break non-GPL modules

Posted Mar 17, 2006 7:22 UTC (Fri) by HappyCamp (subscriber, #29230) [Link]

Which of course does NOT have zero defects/bugs :)