Jerry Feldman wrote: > On 11/15/2010 03:29 PM, mike cloaked wrote: >> At the weekend I was invited to attend a local linux user group >> "installfest" since all the other people there was Ubuntu-centric. I >> took along a Fedora f14 Gnome desktop install DVD, as well as a >> bootable usbkey containing the DVD iso as an install medium in case of >> need (written with livecd-iso-to-disk. >> >> The banter at the event was all about the latest Ubuntu, and a young >> Italian lady had dropped in, who was not best pleased with the default >> operating system on an EEEPC 901, and had brought it to the >> installfest with a view to getting a "proper" version of linux on it >> with the help of the experts at hand. >> >> The Ubuntu helpers worked out how to boot a usbkey and eagerly set >> about starting an install of the latest Ubuntu, whilst I discussed >> Fedora with them in terms of differences from what they were used to. >> "So what drivers will you need to load to get the wireless going on >> the EEEPC if you installed F14?" I told them it was very likely it >> would just work out of the box. They were not convinced! "What about >> the webcam?" - it'll probably 'just work', I replied. Anyway it was >> by now becoming clear that the Ubuntu install was not going well, and >> questions were being asked across the room about how to get around the >> error that was popping into the screen before the install had got off >> the starting blocks! >> >> I offered my help to try an f14 install as an alternative. I popped >> my key into the usb slot and initiated an install. Anaconda did its >> thing, and I configured the install - and set it going - of course >> with a slow machine it would take a while, and an hour and a bit later >> it went into first boot. >> >> Ubuntu people watching over my shoulder waiting for the inevitable >> failure to connect to the local encrypted wireless signal >> (authenticated via a radius server) were surprised when the wireless >> network connection was running about 30 seconds later. A little >> desktop tweaking, and then adding in a couple of extra repo >> definitions allowed the young lady access to her mp3 player via the >> usb port,and play her mp3 files, and Skype fired up without issue. >> Chrome was running a few minutes later, and then the Italian keyboard >> was put through its paces. Not a single problem, and she went away >> with a beaming smile delighted at the working system, and commenting >> on how wonderful the desktop background graphics were. The others were >> clearly impressed. >> >> One guy commented that the colour scheme was rather more pleasing to >> his eye than his own Ubuntu scheme! >> >> I donated the install DVD to the event, and left for another >> engagement. I later learned that they had used it to do several f14 >> installs on other machines! >> >> Fedora does seem to work! >> > Two satisfied customers. For the first time I was able to successfully > perform a preupgrade. The previous two times I had to do a fresh install. Just a "in my experience" note, running an upgrade from a DVD/USB has been far more successful than preupgrade for me. Older installs had a small /boot and often don't work well due to lack of room. YMMV. > My group also runs installfests > (http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2010-ifest38), but we are not as > Ubuntu-centric. I try to be up to date on my Fedora, SuSE, and Ubuntu > knowledge. What is always interesting to me is that some distros install > on some hardware and not on others and vice-versa. Usually, when I run > into trouble with one distro on some hardware, I try another. But I have > a wierder problem at work. I have 5 nearly identical rack-mounted > systems. (4 have 64GB memory, and 1 had 16). Installing RHEL 5.2 works > fine on 4 of the systems including the 16GB, but 1 system always hangs > on udev until I manually blacklist the edac modules. I've had similar > issues during the installfest where 1 media failed to install on one > system, but did install on a second system. We've been doing > installfests for 16 years and a number of the core volunteers are distro > neutral even in one meeting where SuSE bought the pizzas :-) > -- Bill Davidsen <davidsen@xxxxxxx> "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
