Fedora 18, dubbed “the Spherical Cow,” was finally released on Jan. 15 after seven postponements that stretched two months beyond its scheduled six-month release cycle. Despite some noteworthy improvements overall to the operating system, I found little about Fedora 18 to justify adopting it over other Linux distros or upgrading to it from an earlier version. Two software items caused the release delays. One was Anaconda, a revamped installer, and the other was FedUp, a new Fedora upgrade utility.
When I see any stats on how many are actually using Linux on a desktop. I wonder why it even get's any attention at all. I have seen numbers ranging from 2% to maybe 5%. Which I gather might be more in Countries where costs is a factor for a OS. In any event, I am at a point believing Linux will never go anywhere on the PC. I don't see Microsoft or Apple and now even Google with Chrome OS doing anything to open a door for Linux. Its the same reason mobile operating systems like Ubuntu and Firefox OS will go nowhere in mobile. The user has defined the leaders already. Android, IOS and Windows have filled up the field. Any more players will just end up on the bench. Linux on the PC has ended up the same. Sitting on the bench waiting for users to come to it. How long have they been waiting?
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Fedora 18: Nice Tweaks to the OS, but It's Haunted by a GNOME
Posted by: Jack M. Germain February 20, 2013 05:00 AMFedora 18, dubbed “the Spherical Cow,” was finally released on Jan. 15 after seven postponements that stretched two months beyond its scheduled six-month release cycle. Despite some noteworthy improvements overall to the operating system, I found little about Fedora 18 to justify adopting it over other Linux distros or upgrading to it from an earlier version. Two software items caused the release delays. One was Anaconda, a revamped installer, and the other was FedUp, a new Fedora upgrade utility.