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Fedora 8

  • 10-12-2007 2:24pm
    #1
    GreenHell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭


    Hey Guys,

    I'm planning on binning Vista, not getting the performance I want or the reliability I want. So switching to Fedora 8. Has anyone else tried this and how have you found it?


Comments

  • #2
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    Just wondering....Why Fedora?


  • #3
    limerick_woody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 190 ✭✭limerick_woody


    i used f8 - it's as good as any of the others i suppose, yum is easy to use, but if you have an ati card beware - i still can't get the desktop effects to work under f8 with my x1400, generally though, it's my preferred distro


  • #4
    ethernet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,568 ✭✭✭ethernet


    I used FC5. Loved it. Package manager has improved a lot over the years.

    Just a little warning: if you're planning on dual-booting, Fedora doesn't always play nice with creating entries for other OSes when booting with GRUB.


  • #5
    GreenHell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,621 ✭✭✭GreenHell


    Khannie wrote: »
    Just wondering....Why Fedora?

    Why not fedora?

    Mainly because I use RHEL in work and this is the next best thing.


  • #6
    bman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 590 ✭✭✭bman


    Yeah, definitely go for F8. It'll take a bit more time to set up than PCLOS, Ubuntu etc. (the dumbed down distros!) but it'll be worth it. I found FC5, FC6 and F7 very good for development work especially. Pretty cutting edge though so everything may not work without a bit of tweaking.

    I don't need Linux for development on my home PC any more so I use PCLOS. I learned a lot more using Fedora though.


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