Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10

One thing certainly impressed me about Fedora 10 was the fact it immediately recognised my Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection.

I did have to disable SELinux (it had to be set to "disabled", not "permissive") and change the router from 64 bit WEP to 128 bit but it's probably the least painful linux wireless setup I've encountered.

Regards

Bryan

--- On Mon, 1/12/08, John Cooper <lug@???> wrote:
From: John Cooper <lug@???>
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] First impressions of Fedora 10
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Date: Monday, 1 December, 2008, 8:34 PM

Stephen Rowles wrote:
>> Things still to test before upgrading:
>>
>> * 3D graphics
>> * TV output
>> * Audio playback (mp3)
>> * Movie (SD & HD) playback both on the LCD and via TV out.
>> * Bluetooth
>> * Infrared
>> * DVD-Writing
>>
>
> I've now also tested:
>
> * 3D graphics, glxgears gives smooth output and slightly higher framerate
> than running on Fedora 8.
> * Audio playback (mp3) skipped a little on first play with Amarok, and I
> hate the new skin on Amarok (must see if the old one is still available)
> but was fine after that.
> * Movie playback - SD & HD fine on the laptop's LCD, not tried TV
out yet.
> * Another note on the audio front, I think I need to tell the intel HDA
> driver which laptop type I have as it seems very confused atm, I get mono
> output rather than stereo from my speakers (right speaker only).
>
> Enough now works that I will be downloading the full DVD iso and
> upgrading, I will also try out the graphical boot - thanks for the tip :
Installed 2 servers and 2 laptops.
Booting up and shutting down is quicker and much better screen resolution.
Generally is faster than F9 for normal desktop use.
Network Manager playing up so switched back to network script. Somehow
when configuring with Network Manager enabled it overwrites the netmask
with the default route!
Agree about Amarok.
Installed flash-plugin (v10) for BBC iPlayer, though did skip
occasionally which I've never seen before.

Not ground breaking, but a good move forward and must be one of the best
distros currently available (certainly better than Ubuntu)

John.