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I am using Fedora quite from the start, I got my first intro. with fedora core 2 and since then, I am following the Fedora(7 now). Earlier I was using a desktop computer and Fedora was a preferrable choice for me. But in the beginning of 2007 I got an HP pavillion dv6000 series (to be exact dv6059) laptop, since then Fedora (specifically 7) frequently disappointed me. On my lappy Windows vista is always my first choice due to its stability, office apps. and some other apps(voip calling software that offer cheap calling to my home country). Fedora 7 is horrible on my lappy, it frequently freezes, if i try to change the system time within fedora, it simply hangs and no solution other than taking the lappy battery out works. There used to be a good keyboard shortcut(CTRL+ALT+ESC) to kill any nonresponsive process in Genome but it's no more there(I don't know why). On restart/shutdown, it again hangs during time synchronization. Suspend doesn't work properly. In a nut shell, fedora 7 is a total mess for my laptop as compared to windows Vista. Vista is much more stable on my laptop than fedora.
IMHO, Fedora 7 is just an alpha version linux for laptops. It's productivity for desktops might not be questionable but it sure is for laptops.
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