Worst fedora release?

axet · #1 26th July 2009, 10:38 AM

First release i cant use is F11 (crash, sound gliches, nomodeset problems and mutch more)

I cant install it!!!!

How about you?

***glennzo*** · #2 26th July 2009, 10:51 AM

All is well here. F11 has been running wonderfully for me since install. Sound is pretty sketchy though. It works. It's just somewhat jumpy. Not a big deal to me. I think if you have a look around the forum there you'll find a few other threads dealing with the good and bad of Fedora 11.

axet · #3 26th July 2009, 10:53 AM

two machines with -ati and -intel drivers booth cant run f11. only thrid notebook with prop. nvidia drivers works. sad.

leigh123linux · #4 26th July 2009, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by axet

First release i cant use is F11 (crash, sound gliches, nomodeset problems and mutch more)

I cant install it!!!!

How about you?

Moved to Reviews, Rants & Things That Make You Scream

You are lucky it's the only release you have had trouble with

, I couldn't even install FC1, FC2, FC3 & FC4 due to hardware incompatibilities.

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FC6 was the crappiest release for me.

axet · #5 26th July 2009, 11:02 AM

fc6 was best, as i remember one poll results on this forum.

#6 26th July 2009, 11:19 AM

iv'e been able to install all releases with no problem, i think Fedora8 was the best

***bob*** · #7 26th July 2009, 02:17 PM

I also had no problems with F11. However, Axet, with your experience and abilities, I'm sure you've filed bugzillas to get the glitches noticed before F12, right?

axet · #8 26th July 2009, 02:18 PM

i report it all. but it still not fixed since f11 alpha time.

***bob*** · #9 26th July 2009, 02:26 PM

Well, you've done what you can then. Let's hope the correction's pushed into F12 if not included in F11.

FergatROn · #10 26th July 2009, 02:35 PM

I've had the worst time with this version, related to my nVidia drivers. I put in a bug report with RPM Fusion and Fedora and no one can solve it. Other than that, the sounds a bit confusing and irregular. I thought Fedora 10 was the best release, though. Everything seemed to work just fine.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=225594

Let's hope things are much smoother in 12. If my nVidia drivers can't work in that version, I'm going to reluctantly switch to Ubuntu.

I've been a Fedora-fanboy since version 8.

beaker_ · #11 26th July 2009, 08:48 PM

F9 was the scariest for me and only because I was determined to fight with kde4's orgional release. Video drivers were scatchy but solvable. Past that, F11 (xorg drivers) screams murder on anything with an old intel video card but F8 and centos plays well there so no biggie. Sad part is I'll love F11 one minute and then swear at it the next. I suppose there's nothing boaring about it.

sonoran · #12 26th July 2009, 11:58 PM

F11 has been the best release here since F8. I had so much trouble with 9 & 10 that I went right to F11 Alpha and that Rawhide gave me very few problems right through to the official release.

I'm wondering, is there a relationship between the "smoothness" of a Rawhide cycle and the eventual success of the official release of that version? I really tried to stick with F12 Rawhide, but the problems I ran into were way beyond my capabilities and available time to fix. I do plan on installing the Beta when it comes out.

JohnnyLinux · #13 27th July 2009, 12:41 AM

Fedora 11 is rocking my world.

Just some problems with 3D graphics, but that's about it. (I can't get 3D games or apps to work!!!)

Everything else is smooooth.

LinuxTom · #14 27th July 2009, 01:16 AM

So far Fedora 11 has worked better for me than any release since FC1; actually it has been less problimatic than most of my old Redhat releases; Although, if I recall corectly Redhat 9 worked like a charm on any machine I had at the time.

D_bot · #15 28th July 2009, 11:45 AM

I don't understand what we are trying to prove with a bi-yearly release schedule.

Has anyone considered slowing the pace down some?

I believe doing that could have a number of good side effects.

When newbs come onto this forum and see all kinds of screaming about this and that gone bad in the current release, I would say it scares the hell out of them. A longer maintenance period for each release would allow more time on this forum for helping newbs (along with anyone else having trouble) to come up to speed.

A longer maintenance period in the current release would also lengthen other parts of the life cycle for the next release because they are concurrent to maintaining the current release. It is entirely possible this could lead to more effective development.

Also, in my view, new releases every 6 months are like 'meh'. But at some point beyond that time I will start salivating for the next 'big' release, especially if I am convinced it includes significant technological advancements. This 'anticipation factor' could actually increase the demand for Fedora as well as adoption/download rate figures (I sense that these are important somehow).

Just adding my $.02