Examples :
-> Java plug-in not working -- you'll need the JSDK or JRE compiled with gcc3.x. And if you're using the Java SDK, you'll need to add the LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.2.5 or LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1 as an environment variable
-> Macromedia Flash -- the one on the Macromedia website didn't work for me, I had to get the one on the Rutgers University site
-> rpm crashes -- I've never used the graphical rpm package manager. Always used the command line. Yes, it does get corrupted from time to time, but it's easily fixed by deleting the *.db files and allowing rpm to rebuild them
-> nVIDIA drivers -- too bad she did not persevere. I have the drivers on my system and they make everything look so great ! Yes, even the fonts.
RH9 is actually pretty good. Takes a fair amount of effort, but it can work quite nicely. There are a few things I like better about RH than Win2K running on my laptop (only for office use):
1. RH loads faster than Win2K, after I loaded a bazillion patches in Win2K -- 2 patches in the last 2 days !
2. RH has crashed only once since I loaded it about 2 months ago -- it did not lock up, and only the X Server crashed
3. Most importantly, there is a bill proposed in Singapore's parliament to allow snooping software to be installed on all computers in Singapore to monitor activities. I don't think it would work on Linux systems. Unless and until they make it mandatory for all computers in Singapore to run Windows, they'll have to pry my Linux PC and my right to privacy from my cold dead hands !
Regards, pascal chong
Collins Richey wrote:
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:06:47 -0600 Michael Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The first couple of reviews of Fedora were pretty fawning, but others are starting to show up. Here's an example:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=5111
Gives the impression that Fedora needed more time in the oven.
Which isn't fatal. RH9 works great and it's no hardship to stick with it for a while.
If my memory serves me correctly, fedora is using the same philosophy that RH
used in the past. RH releases (at least until very recently) have always needed
more time in the oven.
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