Warren Togami wrote:
FC3T1 is indeed FC2 + tons and tons of fixes, except for two things...
* gcc-3.4.1 is now used instead of gcc-3.3.x. This may complicate
things if you use 3rd party drivers, although old gcc-3.3.x compiled
software works easily with the compat-* libraries.
* https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128154
This problem happens... just close all terminals and open it again to
recover, and don't rely on ssh into your local workstation. We're
working on figuring out what causes this.
http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/
While FC3T1 is pretty stable aside from the one problem mentioned
above, T2 and T3 may be less stable from a desktop perspective because
of the upheaval coming with GNOME 2.7.x betas.
Warren Togami
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Hi Warren-
Haven't "seen" you for a while, I thought you moved to the
NeverNeverLand (mainland).
(OK, take that back, I now remember seeing you at Brian Chee's lab only
about 1.5 months ago.)
For ordinary desktop use, a fully updated and augmented FC1 is probably
the best distro. Period. It's snappy and does everything I want
(including compatibility with Win4Lin, etc). However, for laptops,
FC3T1 is a better choice.
I have a blue-collar run-of-the-mill laptop, HP Pavilion ze4500 (Athlon
XP-M 2500, 15" LCD, 512 MB DDR with 64 MB dedicated VRAM, and I think I
paid $899 for it). With FC1, after several painful experimentations, I
was finally able to install it--but had to use a NOUSB option. After
installation, I have to turn PCMCIA off.
FC3T1, OTHO, installs and works "perfectly" on this machine. If anyone
is interested in buying a laptop, this is the one that I strongly
recommend. Everything works except my Netgear WA111A USB wireless card
(no driver yet, but I think a lot of people are working on it). I am
thinking about getting the same Belkin USB wireless card that is being
used in Makiki library.
As I mentioned in a separate thread, I will be very interested in
Bugzilla-ing Fedora. But I believe it will be much more productive if
we could have a local situs that can provide more than cybernetic
interactions. wayne
