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- Waiting2awake, on 11/10/2007, -3/+21That depends....what length is the school bus that picks you up? If it takes a few hours - you are just new and probably the first time you have used Linux. If it takes weeks, pack up your computer and ship it back to where ever you got it from - you are not bright enough to use computers, and if it takes months - are you sure you are really alive?
I completely reinstall fedora in less time than I can get through the installation and registration process with windows - and not need driver disks...
But if you like windows, have at it - just don't confuse your inability to grow beyond what you were first used to, with something else.... - Philluminati, on 11/10/2007, -3/+16[cancel] i am stupid
- xspinkickx, on 11/10/2007, -2/+14ubuntu does not play mp3s out of the box like most distros.
- rahulsundaram, on 11/10/2007, -0/+12Ogg and other open formats are way more cooler but yes, there is a easy option to enable MP3 in Fedora 8. Refer
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Multimedia/Codeina - xspinkickx, on 11/10/2007, -0/+10windows does not play dvds straight of the box either.......and last I checked all the wireless cards I have worked with none work out of the box, all the computers that I have setup, the video cards and monitors often do not work out of the box. So I dunno what you are complaining about. Maybe since you are a long time windows user, you find it easier to install drivers or windows has better manufacturer support. However Linux has better out of the box support than windows by leaps and bounds.
- Youssif, on 11/12/2007, -0/+8Dugg with pleasure !!
Respect RedHat and Fedora for respecting the Open Source World. RedHat 7.3 is when I start learning linux, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux is what we running in our Office, Everything that has a beginning, has an end, and I am going to end with what I am started with ! - Skod, on 11/10/2007, -0/+6I'd like more information on that changing desktop background.
- andrewbash, on 06/11/2009, -0/+6"Or does one have to spend a few hours, days, weeks, or months downloading patches and software, tweaking configurations, and generally hoping for the best?"
You mean just like Windows on a non OEM box? - andycr512, on 11/10/2007, -0/+6"Does it play MP3s straight out of the box?"
No. If you don't like that fact, contact your local politician - it's a legal issue, not a technological one.
"Does it play commercial DVDs straight out of the box?"
No, and neither does XP. If you don't like that fact, contact your local politician - it's a legal issue, not a technological one. - rahulsundaram, on 11/10/2007, -0/+5Refer
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Interviews/MairinDuf ... - gruvsf, on 11/10/2007, -4/+7umm...of course not! why would you want to play mp3s? I am sure most of your mp3s are illegal anyways :)
- gruvsf, on 11/09/2007, -1/+4I've been a big fan of the Fedora distributions-they are very similar (although more on the cutting edge) than their RH counterparts, and most of the stuff that are on Fedora eventually make their way to the RH distros. Granted, Fedora does not have all the bells and whistles such as Ubuntu (which I also use), but Fedora is still a solid distro for most casual and business needs
- xspinkickx, on 11/09/2007, -0/+2same here.
- mwiriadi, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2Because cutting yourself open to do surgery is the equivalent to install software. How is it you managed to get on the net again?
- andycr512, on 11/12/2007, -1/+3No version of stock XP includes 10, to my knowledge, and I remember trying 10 and not getting DVD's to play without the correct plugin. Perhaps it includes the codec, but I don't think it includes the decoder.
- EXreaction, on 11/10/2007, -0/+2CAN IT MAKE ME CHEEZBURGERZ?
- advix, on 11/12/2007, -0/+2I just try it. Fedora booted up from Live CD(!) with pixel perfect screen resolution of my LG wide screen LCD panel 1680x1050. Without proprietary driver(!). Amazing. No driver installation, no xorg config... Just prepared for work. Oh my dear ... is this what We wanted? :)
- motang, on 11/12/2007, -0/+2Looks like a very solid release, gonna have to give the LiveCD a shot.
- EXreaction, on 11/10/2007, -1/+3Really? It worked 5x better than Ubuntu for me...
- init100, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1"I still miss the nice version for servers that they has before they went RHEL."
Welcome to CentOS, the free rebuild of RHEL:
http://www.centos.org/ - Fergy, on 11/09/2007, -0/+1It's nice that it starts very fast, updates fast and is overal fast and clean but... After using Ubuntu 7.10 where I could enable the nvidia drivers with one click, where networking with windows just worked, where you are not overwhelmed with menus upon menus with programs upon programs I can't recommend Fedora 8 for my fellow linux n00bies. Fedora 8 is a nice preview for pulseaudio but it's primairily for linux experts.
- init100, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1"Does it play MP3s straight out of the box?
Does it play commercial DVDs straight out of the box?"
No, but mp3 and DVD support are only a few clicks away.
"Does it support Broadcom WiFi straight out of the box?"
I don't know, my laptop has an Intel 2915ABG, and that one works flawlessly out of the box.
"Does it support notebooks with wide LCDs right out of the box?"
My laptop has a 1680x1050 screen, and it was detected and enabled out of the box. Works without a hitch.
"Does suspend to RAM and suspend to disk work properly out of the box (i.e. not having to reload modules)?"
It works for me (Dell Latitude D810) with no tweaking. - olorinpc, on 11/09/2007, -0/+1I thought the same thing... tried the pre-release version (just a couple of weeks ago), and wasn't that impressed. I still miss the nice version for servers that they has before they went RHEL.
- init100, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1I did the same thing on my Dell Latitude D810, with the same results. Not that I was surprised, as Fedora 7 did the same thing equally well. And Compiz works without a proprietary driver (since my laptop uses an ATI R300-based graphics card).
- HonoredMule, on 11/12/2007, -1/+2I can't bear to disagree.
- jav1231, on 11/09/2007, -1/+2I may have to try Fedora after swearing it off back when RH *****-canned RH Desktop. I always considered that dirty pool seeing as lots of folks bought it only to lose support for it a few months later.
- Tarmas, on 11/10/2007, -1/+2It should be made clear that mp3's are not supported only in US based distros because of all those ridiculous patent rights. Try Mandriva, which is actualy a French product. It supports all common audio and video formats straight out of the box, without the need to download anything or agreeing to pages of license agreements.
Not that I'm a Mandriva fan. I actualy hate the distro. - init100, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1Like Steve Ballmer said: "The most common music format on the iPod is 'stolen'." :)
- chandler, on 11/09/2007, -0/+1Only hope Novell and Canonical follow suit as the article states.
- shrapnull, on 11/09/2007, -0/+1I have upgraded two Fedora 7 systems with very little trouble. The first one (my desktop) upgraded with no problems, but then updated about 35 packages immediately after completing the installation. I have to admit it was a much slower process then a clean install, especially the final updates as the repo's seem inundated with traffic for now. It did, however automatically update my livna repo and packages for me. It needed a quick update to the Nvidia driver after installation to make my Twinviews come back online, but it was automatic.
My laptop, however, kept bugging out of the upgrade around the time it launches the /sbin/loader after the Media check. I traced this down to the fact that I didn't install SELinux on that particular machine and simply booting, hitting 'tab' on the first boot option, and adding "selinux=0" allowed for a full upgrade. Overall, I think the sound upgrades make it the most worthwhile. Flash, rhythmbox and Skype 2.0 all send/receive audio simultaneously. The interface feels cleaner, the unified theme manager is nice and I haven't had any gripes that aren't uniform between other Gnome-based distro's. - inactive, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1I really love Mandriva, actually I'm not a Mandriva user right now but I know that when my preferred distro falls Mandriva will be there as the best choice.
- mwiriadi, on 11/11/2007, -0/+1I think you will be surprised how clunky it is. To me and a lot of users it's a lot faster than what it was.
- dunbone, on 11/09/2007, -0/+1I can't comment on the upgrade, but if you're willing to do a clean install, that is very very simple.
- trenchfever, on 11/10/2007, -0/+1A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.
-Robert A. Heinlein - lynx44, on 11/09/2007, -0/+1How is the upgrade process on Fedora? I have Fedora 7 on my laptop right now, and almost everything works the way I want it, besides suspend. I'd like to just upgrade the entire OS, but I don't want to lose any of my applications or files. I know its possible to get suspend to work without upgrading, but I'd like to take advantage of the new features as well. Is the upgrade process smooth?
- trenchfever, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1fedora is clunky although powerful. Not a distro for the average desktop.
- Iandefor, on 11/10/2007, -1/+1enable what? It's just a package full of generic logos you install over all the old artwork, IIRC. Sure, you have to enable it, but only in the sense that you also have to 'enable' Thunderbird.
- Elranzer, on 11/09/2007, -2/+1Windows Media Player 10+ includes a DVD codec, and is shipped out-of-the-box from Service Pack 2 onwards. I guess the DVD CSS fee is included in the cost of Windows. Of course, no one HERE has paid for Wndows...
- schestowitz, on 11/09/2007, -4/+3I don't think Codec Buddy made it in, but issuing a single popular command (with yum) will get you not only MP3 support, but pretty much all the 'bad' codecs.
Don't use codecs as an excuse to skip Fedora. It's an issue of /perception/. - hyperair, on 11/10/2007, -3/+1I reckon yeah. Only someone anal-purposed such as yourself would.
- mwiriadi, on 11/10/2007, -5/+3You have to enable it like anything else.
- meltingrobot, on 11/10/2007, -5/+3Hopefully somebody spins an eee-pc orientated distro. I'm ready to dump Xandros, but I want something that has a good interface customized for the eee-pc screen size.
- hyperair, on 11/10/2007, -3/+1I reckon yeah. Only someone anal-purposed such as yourself would.
- dunbone, on 11/10/2007, -7/+3I installed Fedora 8 just today. To me, it's like walking through mud compared to Ubuntu...
- cwcentral, on 11/10/2007, -7/+2gotta love wall street positioning.
4 or the 7 features are in the other distros as well... The only thing that looks unique is pulseaudio--but I tried it yesterday and nil, no worky. - silveiraneto, on 11/12/2007, -6/+1An-all purpose Linux? I don't understand that ... anall purpose :P
- rchargel, on 11/10/2007, -9/+3Why would anyone use Fedora when there are perfectly good Debian distros available? I have to use Fedora at work and it blows big time. RPMs are the worst idea since Windows. In fact, the only person that should use anything related to a fedora is Indiana Jones.
- Takayama, on 11/10/2007, -10/+2Was I the only one who glanced at that headline and read "anal-purpose Linux foundation"?
- naterpoke, on 11/10/2007, -15/+5CAN IT PLAY VCD FORMATZ?
- flair1, on 11/10/2007, -14/+4does it play mp3s and all the cool stuff like ubuntu?
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