Comments on: The Fedora 12 Installing Saga

By: alf

alf — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:27:14 +0000

….also shot in the backyard.

By: Chris Maynard

Chris Maynard — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:54:12 +0000

Just wanted to echo the thoughts of the other comments. Figured encouragement from a random lurker would help offset the abuse.

You’ve done a fabulous job of making the Gnome/Fedora desktop better, regardless of any bumps along the way.

You rock. Keep it up!

By: Rui

Rui — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:10:33 +0000

Hey Richard, so here’s a big tap on your back for fantastic work done. You know, for a change. Keep rocking!

By: Steven Stern

Steven Stern — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:42:53 +0000

Thanks for your work. I upgraded two F11 machines to F12 the other day and there were no fireworks or disasters, just a few minor things that should be expected from any OS upgrade.

WRT the package installation thing, I think reverting it was the right thing to do. The longer term solution is to probably empower certain users or groups with an install priv through an easy to use “parental control” gui.

By: Juanjo

Juanjo — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:25:33 +0000

Don’t let them affect you. You’re OK and your work it’s awesome.

Keep on rocking.

By: Michael Gauthier

Michael Gauthier — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:40:09 +0000

I think the work you (and the rest of the Fedora team) do is outstanding! You’re truly making Linux better for desktop users. Hopefully some positive comments on this post will restore the karma of the fedoraverse.

By: Kushal Das

Kushal Das — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:55:00 +0000

Forget about trolls, keep doing the good work. Thanks for the apps you maintain.

By: Axel

Axel — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:46:20 +0000

Personal attacks are not warranted, but reverting this change was the right choice. I recognise that having to authenticate when installing packages is a big problem for some, but increasing the possible attack surface for local root exploit by orders of magnitude is a huge problem for many.

By: jgreco

jgreco — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:28:06 +0000

http://linux.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1451552&cid=30170826

Not my comment, but I think its points are rather valid.

By: Jens Knutson

Jens Knutson — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:47:00 +0000

That sucks, the way people were being so rude. PackageKit isn’t perfect, but it’s getting better by huge leaps every Fedora release, and it solves a real problem. Don’t let those petty, non-contributing piles of FAIL which we call trolls get you down too much!