That you have mentioned new laptop, i am curious to know your experience
with suspend/resume. Does it work completely?
Karl Larsen wrote:
I wish to make a confession. I had been using Fedora Core 4 for at
least 2 years when it occurred to me I might like to upgrade. I learned
to use yum there and felt ready for other changes. I decided to go
straight to Fedora 7 and did so, Not upgrading FC4 but a fresh load. It
took a day and a half to download.
The kernel was buggy, and lots of things were just strange. And this
list was full of messages about strange things that happened on Fedora
7. Several times it was suggested to just upgrade your FC6 and hang onto
the kernel. This told me that I better load Fedora Core 6 and get used
to the new features. I did that.
On FC6 I discovered that the new Fedora is really Linux with a lot of
new applications. I fooled around and with help, changed my /etc/fstab
so I can mount my older Linux and bring old things to my new system.
This all works great! I use the terminal a lot like it should be, and it
works just as it should. I was told to use the Thunderbird and Firefox
on FC6 or yum from Fedora. Thought about that and did as I have in the
past. I got both from the web page and discovered I was missing a lib. I
yummed the lib and both worked just fine. Fooled around and made the
font larger and easier to read, but thunderbird has trouble (is slow) to
open the mail.
I decided that there was a new kernel in the upgrade to F7 so I
loaded it again and right away got all the updates 50 in and I started
to learn the in and out of F7. It looks and feels like FC6, no big
surprise. Little problems with things like Adobe Acrobat which it looks
like Adobe will start charging for the Acrobat in a few days.
Read with interest the mail on WiFi use with F7 on a lap-top. That
got me interested in the Fedora and Intel software that does the WiFi
for many F7 users. I need today to ask on the NetworkManager list some
questions and will get to it.
In summary I am on Fedora 7 now. Happy with zero problems loading the
software on this old computer and my newer lap-top. I have small
problems that come and go but can be corrected with a simple fix. I
entered a bug report which is still active but there are a lot before
it. I can get along with the Alsa Mixer as it is now.
Karl
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