FC6: some impressions

[Dimi Paun]

On Tue, November 21, 2006 6:06 pm, Alan Cox wrote:
> No bug number ? - Can you give me the results of "dmesg" when this happens
> and tell me what sort of IDE or SATA controller you have ?

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=216810

>>   5. Firefox starts using 100% after some time.
>
> Seen that with FC6, went away after I removed the flash plugin crap.

True, it's probably related to flash, but I'm afraid it's no longer an
optional component judging by how many sites I can't visit without it.

> You might want want to investigate a better email client - eg
> sylpheed-claws.

The email client is a particularly difficult problem. I have
reluctantly switched to it some time ago following RedHat's
lead, and frankly now it's part of my business process. Changing
it is non-trivial, and it can not be done on a whim.

>From a pure user perspective, an email client is like a kernel,
it's so basic that you can't just change it left right and center.

What is the new direction for the email client? Is there one?

-- 
Dimi Paun <dimi at lattica.com>
Lattica, Inc.