On Thu, 2006-05-11 at 21:33 -0600, clemens@xxxxxxx wrote: > OK, mabe I have a short fuse, but this afternoon I (finally) got fc5 installed > ( I had problems with the CDs and only having a REBOOT button when I > tried earlier in the week). > > BUT, first all the install screens have been simplified to the point that you > have little or no choice of what gets installed. No two levels like they used > to be. > > AND THEN, when it comes up I can find NO WAY to bring up a TERMINAL > window. Seems that should be #1 on some list but I cant find it at all. > > That would seem to make the emulation of Windows complete. > > I finally gave up and tried to close it down, but of course you cant do that > either. I could <CTL><ALT><BKSP> to kill X11 and get back to the login > screen, and there were two buttons there that looked much like windows, > and on windows would have let me shut down the system, but NO neither > of them would do anything. Finally had to power cycle to get out of this > thing. > > Not a good start. > > What do others think of this new look-and-feel? > > If this is where Fedora is going, Im going to have to try Centos. ---- seems as though you know just enough to be dangerous. - <Control><Alt><F2> to get a virtual console - 'First boot' wants you to create a regular user and if you abort the first boot, it will be harder for you to create that user. - CentOS is a derivative of RHEL which pretty much follows Fedora path. I would suggest that you would get farther with an open mind and work with the systems in place or if you really don't like them, try another distribution. Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
