Stephen Rowles wrote: > Just a quick summary of my initial impressions of Fedora 10 from a 30min > play last night using a usb'd version of the live-cd. > > Setting the scene: > > Acer 5920 with Core Duo 2 T7300 @ 2Ghz, 2 gigs ram, Intel X3100, 160gig > sata hdd, dvd-writer. > > Came with vista home premium, has run Fedora 8 almost exclusively since > being purchased (dual boot) as other people in the forum have noted, vista > is just way too slow on a machine of this spec! > > Fedora 10: > > Boot time is very fast! I'm impressed with the new parallel boot process > startup time is noticeably faster than Fedora 8 despite running of quite a > slow usb stick. I like the progress bar, but is text only as the graphical > one is only supported on ati radeon cards.. roll on intel support :) > ..... Good summary. Anyone wanting to install you really need to scan through this :-
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/What_is_New_for_Installation_and_Live_Images.html Notes about disk labelling and differences in mysql so may effect my apps. New install on a test server had no problems. It looks like I will do a new install on my main server to ensure a clean install (though will use a new disk so I can dual boot F9). Will try a laptop next. John. -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Discover Linux - Open Source Solutions to Business and Schools http://discoverlinux.co.uk -------------------------------------------------------------- -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
