[juneau-lug] Re: Fedora

  • From: Stephen <sbodnar@xxxxxxx>
  • To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 17:29:36 -0900

Can you list the hardware specifics on this system? I may be following
in your footsteps shortly, but going from RedHat 7.2 and 8.0 to Fedora.

Thanks,
  stephen

>I did a fresh install on one of my test systems and all went well, so I
>did an upgrade on my main system. No real issues. I had to uninstall the
>accelerated Nvidia drivers, first though, and then after the install,
>rebuild and install the driver to match the upgraded kernel....no big
>deal with the new driver installer from Nvidia.
>
>A couple of minor annoyances to note: Fedora still insists on making
>Gnome the default desktop even though the default before the upgrade was
>KDE. Also, to change the default, you have to login and use
>switch-desktop, where before, should could do it from GDM. Also, I have
>XFCE4 installed, and it previously would be listed as an available
>session, but it is missing from GDM and switch-desktop. The upgrade to
>KDE 3.1.4 was welcome, but the previous config wasn't entirely retained.
>Of course, the desktop background image is Fedora and a link is on the
>desktop to get to the old config. I haven't checked out what is there,
>but other than the "busy" cursor and a new "Start Here" link on the
>desktop, I don't see much else that has changed.
>
>Sending this email is the only thing that I have done so far, but
>Mozilla seemed to load a lot quicker than in RH 9, and it was much
>quicker than in RH 7.x. Might just be the new Mozilla, but it sure is
>nice to have the quick loads.
>
>That's it for now. If I run into any problems, I will post an update.
>
>Chuck Hakari
>
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