Fedora release cycles: longer or shorter?

If Fedora ships with it after Ubuntu , the code gets tested more and debugged more. I think when Fedora 10 ships the 3G HAL support will be better.

Yes NetworkManager 0.7 supports 3G devices but without the appropriate HAL support for hardware that people use it's a PITA. This reminds me I need to submit the HAL information for the MF636 3G USB Modem.

The Kernel drivers work with it but it just needs the HAL support so NM 0.7 knows about it.

Honestly the whole Fedora vs Ubuntu thing strikes me as a bit of a rehash of the old Redhat Vs Debian rivalry.

I can see it from both sides though. I'm sure some folks in the Fedora camp aren't happy about how popular Ubuntu has become. I'm also sure that Canonical and Ubuntu aren't doing themselves any favours by not developing launchpad in the open (open it all ready , an open source company developing a closed source application isn't really a good image).

Mark Shuttleworth also failed to understand it's not who has the most users that decides the direction of the future , it's who contributes the code. If you want Linux to go in one direction then you need to contribute the code for that direction and keep committing it and people will join you if they like that direction.

The motto for linux isn't "Show us the money", it's "Show us the code".