[linrad] Re: Fedora 3

[Edson Pereira <ewp_jp@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Leif,

I understand your frustration with Fedora. My impression is that it is 
too bleeding edge and consequently quite unstable. When things start to 
ge ironed out, then there is a new core and things get broken again. 
This, I think is intentional to keep the development going.

Unfortunately, for us the development model of Fedora is quite 
problematic. To make things worse, the number of variables in different 
systems is overwelming.

May be a possible solution is to think of Linrad as a software 
instrument instead of a software application and remove the idea that 
Linrad should run consurrently with other desktop applications. A 
distribution could be chosen and Linrad would sit on top of it. Just the 
Linux kernel and Linrad. I am biased to suggest Debian since it fits the 
model well and can be easily customized, but it could be any good 
distribution Also, one frequent critique of Debian is that it is always 
behind; which means more stable.

Going a bit further, perhaps even X or svgalib could be avoided using 
something like directfb (http://www.directfb.org) which is modern, 
offers a good amount of graphics abstration and is quite light weight. 
Like now with svgalib, some people would complain that they are not able 
to run their favourite web browser while running Linrad, but if Linrad 
detaches itself from the notion that it is just another application, 
then things should be ok.

Feel free to comment/critique.

73,

-- Edson, pu1jte, n1vtn, 7n4ncl


leif@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> After having used Fedora 3 for a while I have now returned
> to RedHat 9.
>
> It seems to me that Fedora is moving towards a Microsoft
> kind of system. "do not touch any system files - you may
> get into trouble with automatic security updates".
>
> This could all be ok if the system were stable, but it is
> not. I do not know why, but Linrad does not run overnight
> under Fedora 3 (It does under all other distributions I
> tried)
>
> Under RedHat 9 there is no HAL daemon and I get the feeling
> I can master the system reasonably well. I can change system
> files according to the books I have and I get the expected 
> results even after a reboot. (not so under Fedora 3).
>
> It seems to me that when RedHat 9 has become obsolete I will
> have to go for Debian..........
>
> Do not get discouraged. Linrad runs perfectly well under
> Fedora 3 in daytime. The system crashes at night (every night)
> because of something Fedora does. If I start the system in the
> morning it will run nicely the whole day under Fedora 3 :-)
>
> There are other advantages with RedHat 9 however. It has
> a working power save mode that switches off my hard disks
> when I have been away for an hour. Fedora uses the disks
> continously (twice per second) so it does not go to sleep.
> (I guess it could be configured somehow - but I was not
> clever enough to find out...)
>
> 73
>
> Leif  /  SM5BSZ
>
>
>
>
>
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