Hi; I know -- a too cutesy subject line. But I wanted to make the point that the following subjects are not critical to me; just things I am wondering about as I get ready to install Fedora 11. I work at home alone. Most of the points are of the type I might bring up over coffee with the guy in the next cubicle, if I had a guy in the next cubicle. If you are doing something important (like earning money) and don't need a break just ignore this post. #1 Upgrade vs LiveCD fresh install I am trying to make up my mind whether I should do a fresh install from the LiveCD or upgrade. I have always done a full .iso download and new installation in the past. I thought I would try something new i.e. LiveCD or upgrade. My hesitation on choosing to upgrade is that by just upgrading I might not get some of the fixes I am hoping for. In particular, in F10 to get my TV tuner working I had to install new firmware and modprobe the 'tuner' module. I never did get the sound working. From this list and others, I have come to understand that the kernel in F11 has all the modules I need compiled in and that PulseAudio can now handle the sound. I will leave further details for a separate post if the TV is still not working. I just want reassurance that by upgrading I will get the same fixes as by a virgin install. #2 A Bug vs a Nitpick With each new release there are an expected number of bugs that show up. I am not complaining, that is part of the deal when using Fedora and I am happy to file a bug report whenever I can. But sometimes there are things that are wrong that are, to me, more of a Nitpick than a bug. I am often reticent to use bugzilla for something that is minor and has more to do with look and feel or smooth operation or a manuals usefulness than being broken. I don't want to be a PIA by constantly nitpicking, but on the other hand I would think that developers would like help in getting it exactly right. Any thoughts? #3 Finding bug citations I have noticed that when experienced users respond to a question/problem on the users list their response often contains a link to the appropriate bug. When I google to find a solution to something google never (seldom) returns a bug link. Are people doing something (using special search criteria) to search the bug database at the same time as a general google search or are they doing a separate search in RedHat bugzilla or do they just recognize the problem and give the link to the bug covering it? #4 Giving back help on the users list I have been using Linux/RedHat/Fedora for over four years. I have received a lot of constructive help from users mailing lists. (In fact, as hard as it may be to believe, I have become the computer guru amongst my small group of retired friends. Although most of the problems are M$ related, we manage to get most people going again.) I often recognize problems brought up on the Fedora users mailing list, and have the sure-fire solution while others respond with solutions that are terribly wrong. However, I am often reticent to help because too often I have seen that my 'sure-fire solutions' are wrong or unprofessional and too many of the 'terribly wrong' answers have, of course, been right. I would like to give back. So ... what kind of mind query or problem analysis do effective responders use before giving info to other users? #5 Fedora 11 LAN installation I have a two computer (sometimes three computer) LAN in my house. Both are F10 to be F11. In the past, to keep it simple, I have installed the newest Fedora version on each machine by burning the .iso to disk(s) and then doing two separate installs. I was thinking that this time -- just for the hell of it -- I would do something fancier like install F11 on the second machine using the LAN. The problem is: I have never used the LAN for anything real before. I got the LAN connection up and working and that was about it. I am not looking for details -- I can read. But a quick perusal of the Installation Guide has left me a bit confused with too many options. A quick (short) list of what I should be looking at would really shrink the learning curve. -- Regards Bill Fedora 10, Gnome 2.24.3 Evo.2.24.5, Emacs 22.3.1 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
