Re: Fedora Core 2

The new 2.6 kernel also has a great new config tool for compiling....




On Mon, 2004-06-07 at 10:23, Matteo Paiato wrote:
> Hi!!
> 
> I had a couple of hours free in the week end and I tried Fedora core 2.
> I installed it on my 4 years old laptop, AMD K6 450 with 156 Mb Ram and 
> a shitty video card. was the laptop I used before the ibook.
> Installation is unbelievable  easy, I just wonder if installation 
> instruction are anymore useful, in my point of view the only critical 
> point is the HD partitioning, the rest is smooth.
> I choose the "desktop" installation that is suitable also for notebook. 
> PCMCIA that under mandrake never worked with fedora seems no problems, 
> Video ok without any artifacts, Audio ok, I have to test the rest but I 
> have no doubt, maybe just the Winmodem but I will see this evening.
> 
> The first impression is a very responsive system, even on a so old box. 
> A clean interface with a good selection of the best Open source 
> software.
> After year using Mandrake maybe I'm not to much used to "redmond 
> hat"/fedora philosophy  but I can appreciate the good product.
> 
> BTW
> I bought the Fedora core 2 distro in a software shop in Town, I think 
> is the same distributor that used to sell Redmond Hat. available in  
> the shops u can find two boxes, one with 4 cds at 38 RMB and the other 
> with 9 CDs at 68 RMB
> 
> 
> see you tomorrow evening
> 
> Matteo
> On Jun 4, 2004, at 10:05 AM, Richard Ford wrote:
> 
> > WOW!
> >
> > This is fast!
> >
> > On my Dell Inspiron 4000 with 512mb ram and 40gb 5,400 hard disk and
> > P3-850, FC1 was pretty quick.  Much quicker than windows.
> >
> > BUT...
> >
> > FC2 is blistering!  This 2.6 kernel really is a big change.....
> >
> > I envy all people running this on a machine that isn't 3 years old....
> >
> >
> > RF.
> >
> >
> >
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