Great report Wayne, I have a question, before I install FC 1,2, or 3, are these releases an indication of things to come, where there seems to be 2 revisions in a 6 month period of time?
And where do you see the distribution stabilizing? FC 5 or 7? Also are the differences between the three that profound for a desktop install? Thanks. > Today's Slashdot has a thread on "Linux notebooks from HP". When I said > that FC3T1 installs and works "perfectly" on my HP ze5000 laptop, I was > not making an overstatement. And I thought that the odyssey that I had > gone though tells an excellent story of how advanced Linux has evolved > with regard to hardware compatibility. This example also illustrates > the importance of choosing the right Linux distro. > > When I purchased this HP laptop a few months ago, I was betting that it > will eventually work with Linux (or more particularly RedHat/Fedora). > > As I mentioned earlier, FC1 initially wouldn't install at all. The > Honorable Alan Cox (does anyone still remember Alan?) offered several > suggestions. None worked. However, his suggestions gave me a hint to > try almost every possible startup option, including NOSUB. This finally > did the trick. But there were several other problems, including the > inability to go into power-saving mode (i.e., no ACPI), that I had to > turn off PCMCIA, and the CPU fan never stopped running. > > Then FC2 came along and I had no problem installing it. ACPI also > seemed to work OK. However, when I put the laptop into battery mode, it > began crawling. Apparently, there are bugs with the PowerNow driver. > > With FC3T1, everything now works like magic. When I unplug the AC > power, PowerNow immediately kicks in, but this laptop still runs better > than some of my desktops. With PowerNow working as designed, under > certain conditions, I was able to squeeze out more than 3 hours of > battery life. This is truly amazing, considering that I was using one > of the cheapest batteries. If I use a more expensive 12-cell battery I > think I might be able to squeeze out 5 hours. > > After the success of FC3T1, I went back to FC2. Everything now works > like charm with my fully patched FC2. > > There are two other very exciting developments. First, RealPlayer 10 > for Linux came out today. I had no problem installing it in Fedora Core > 1/2/3. So far, it works great. > > The second development, which may not interest a lot of people here but > is of CRITICAL interest to me is the publication of the first > comprehensive macro book for OpenOffice.org: > > http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm > > Or you can wait until it becomes available at Amazon.com (cheaper and > free shipping): > > http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930919514/qid=1091605589/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-6319084-8639941?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 > > > While it appears that SUN is bashed by everyone in the Linux community, > by opensourcing OpenOffice and taking the lead in its development, SUN > is, IMNSHO, making one of the most significant contributions to the > Linux/OSS movement. wayne > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > http://lists.hosef.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luau > >
