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  • 17-10-2017 11:42am
    #1
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭


    Seeing as there was a thread about F25, thought I'd stick one up about F26!

    Figured I'd waited along enough so swapped over to it for my desktop at work. All seems to be ok apart from the inevitable problems with VMware's VMplayer product but as always a klude was available on the forums which got me up and running.

    Anyone else using it or has everyone already moved on to the beta of F27 :)


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  • #2
    Dero
    Registered Users Posts: 723 ✭✭✭Dero


    I've been using it since it came out on multiple systems, including my main home and work PCs. No issues at all; smooth sailing from day one. All systems were upgraded from F25 with dnf system-upgrade.

    I haven't done a fresh install, but I can't imagine there would be much difference at this stage.


  • #3
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    It's all working ok for me apart from Evolution hangs for a while quite regularly, seen one or two others report the same thing (which didn't happen on F25). This is my work PC so use Evolution a fair bit to talk to MS Exchange as you might imagine.

    Apart from that I had to stick in softlink to an SSL lib to get viber to work but otherwise the PC is behaving grand.


  • #4
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    opus wrote: »
    S
    All seems to be ok apart from the inevitable problems with VMware's VMplayer

    It seems to be ok as long as you don't use wayland


  • #5
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    My last machine broke and it was running Fedora 25. I loved it, but I'm having awful problems dual booting my machine.


  • #6
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    And a year later I've moved onto testing Fedora 28, so far so good. Figure it's fine to install it on any new desktop PC's for people.


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  • #7
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    opus wrote: »
    And a year later I've moved onto testing Fedora 28, so far so good. Figure it's fine to install it on any new desktop PC's for people.


    tbh most fedora releases are ready for "home" use shortly after GA.


  • #8
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Reminds me. I seriously need to invest in a PC and run Fedora or Mint, or dual boot both.


  • #9
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    Time goes by & I've just done my first kickstart install of Fedora 30 as aiming to have that one new PC's going to desks shortly. Skipped F29 as don't want to be changing every six months.


  • #10
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Yeah it's been a while since this thread was started. I haven't used Fedora in ages as a dual boot OS. Windows 10 is a pain in the ass to try and install along side.

    I might buy a new machine soon for the purpose.


  • #11
    rayzercork
    Registered Users Posts: 83 ✭✭rayzercork


    last one i tried was 28 with xfce, was a really nice distro for once. the early 20s were a disaster stability wise


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  • #12
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Think I started with 20 or 22. Haven't had a chance to try the latest release.


  • #13
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    Was reading that v30 is probably going to stick around for a year rather than v31 coming out in six months. Suits me fine as it will get updates for longer.


  • #14
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    This a new schedule for future releases?


    Or just for F30?


  • #15
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    Looks like 31 is still scheduled for October


    https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/31/Schedule


  • #16
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    This was the article I read a few weeks back but see it's been updated to say 31 isn't going to be delayed after all. Had to check to make sure I wasn't going insane :)


  • #17
    opus
    Registered Users Posts: 4,963 ✭✭✭opus


    F30 has been flawless so far on my own PC so going to bite the bullet & put it onto a user's PC today.


  • #18
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Bit the bullet and purged Windows 10 from my laptop in favour of Fedora 30. Had to go buy a patch cable. Having problems connecting to the wireless and have been searching for a solution as the adapter can't be found.


    Anyone else have the same issue and a work around? I had this problem before and no issue resolving it, but since I now have a new machine and version of Fedora, I'm tearing the rest of my hair out trying to fix it.


  • #19
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    L.Jenkins wrote: »
    Bit the bullet and purged Windows 10 from my laptop in favour of Fedora 30. Had to go buy a patch cable. Having problems connecting to the wireless and have been searching for a solution as the adapter can't be found.


    Anyone else have the same issue and a work around? I had this problem before and no issue resolving it, but since I now have a new machine and version of Fedora, I'm tearing the rest of my hair out trying to fix it.

    Which card/chipset is it?


  • #20
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    AMD A9, Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter.


    Now that I have the wireless card info, I might be able to get a driver for it.


  • #21
    Johnboy1951
    Registered Users Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭Johnboy1951


    Might help
    https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce


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  • #22
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Might help
    https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce

    Yep, have a read of this

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/bkk6dg/install_rtl8821ce_in_fedora/


  • #23
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Thanks for the suggestions. I'll give it a go.


  • #24
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Will go over that soon, but I'm using USB tethering at the moment, so I have a temporary fix I'm happy to use for now.


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Have just installed Fedora 30 off a DVD from a Linux Format Mag unto a Lenovo T540.


  • #26
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    How's it running for you? I quite like it, but I'm previously mentioned my only grievance with it.


  • #27
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    Too early to tell. Need to get all the updates installed, it only has the DVD installed stuff yet. few more days..let's say next week for my report here.


  • #28
    limnam
    Registered Users Posts: 9,152 ✭✭✭limnam


    L.Jenkins wrote: »
    How's it running for you? I quite like it, but I'm previously mentioned my only grievance with it.


    Did you attempt the potential fix above?


  • #29
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    I tried it and everything in between.


  • #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭[Deleted User]


    My own review will be somewhat delayed. A ram chip installed by the repair shop (pm me if interested) is either bad or incorrectly inserted. This is causing machine to freeze at random intervals. Needs a visit to different repair shop I've two in mind to choose from)


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  • #31
    L.Jenkins
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 19,240 Mod ✭✭✭✭L.Jenkins


    Johnboy1951 wrote: »
    Might help
    https://github.com/tomaspinho/rtl8821ce

    Was a little lazy until now in resolving the missing wireless driver issue. Was a simple case of:
    • sudo dnf install dkms
    • git clone the repo and unzip it.
    • Ensure the directory is named "rtl8821ce"
    • cd ../rtl8821ce/
    • sudo ./dkms-install.sh

    Should do the trick.


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