On Thu, 2004-05-20 at 15:50, Craig White wrote:
> Initial reports on new install of Fedora Core 2
> 
> Cons
> ----
> depression because no apt/yum repositories for the 'extras'
> (non-supplied goodies such as mplayer/xmms-mp3/etc)...yet.
> No discernible way to play a dvd.
> Boots to run-level 5 (perhaps because I chose workstation install
> class).
> Recognized the wireless card, simple enough to add the encryption key &
> connect but had to manually tell it to activate at bootup - bad for
> newbies.
> 
> Pros
> ----
> Kernel 2.6.5
> Very new hardware - eCube with Intel 865 chipset. Recognized all
> hardware...no futzing (exception was wireless Prism card per above).
> New OO - nice
> Has separate emergency boot cd
> 
> 
> Goofy
> -----
> Lots of CD/DVD rippers and writers but because of the licensing
> issues...cannot play DVD's or mp3's upon install
> 
> 
> Craig

My experience has not been so nice (so far).
I did an upgrade from CD today (again, on a copied partition so I
wouldn't loose anything).

Major problems:
NVidia driver compiles but will not run (driver from nvidia 5336), had
to use the nv driver.
Apt doesn't work - missing rpm shared libraries.

Other problems:
There was another warning message that popped up when gnome started. I
don't have the time to track down those kind of problems.


I've been using redhat since I started w/ linux. I hate to abandon it
now but doing a fresh install with each new version is getting old. Not
to mention learning new apps because my favorites are no longer
supported.

I think I'm going to give them some time and see if the video driver and
apt issues get resolved.

I'm still bummed...
Bart

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