[LUAU] Fedora Core "3" Test 1

[ronal at aloha.com]

Great report Wayne, 

I have a question, before I install FC 1,2, or 3, are these releases an
indication of things to come, where there seems to be 2 revisions in a 6
month period of time? 

And where do you see the distribution stabilizing? FC 5 or 7? 

Also are the differences between the three that profound for a desktop install?

Thanks.

> Today's Slashdot has a thread on "Linux notebooks from HP".  When I said 
> that FC3T1 installs and works "perfectly" on my HP ze5000 laptop, I was 
> not making an overstatement.  And I thought that the odyssey that I had 
> gone though tells an excellent story of how advanced Linux has evolved 
> with regard to hardware compatibility.  This example also illustrates 
> the importance of choosing the right Linux distro.
> 
> When I purchased this HP laptop a few months ago, I was betting that it 
> will eventually work with Linux (or more particularly RedHat/Fedora).
> 
> As I mentioned earlier, FC1 initially wouldn't install at all.  The 
> Honorable Alan Cox (does anyone still remember Alan?) offered several 
> suggestions. None worked.  However, his suggestions gave me a hint to 
> try almost every possible startup option, including NOSUB. This finally 
> did the trick.  But there were several other problems, including the 
> inability to go into power-saving mode (i.e., no ACPI), that I had to 
> turn off PCMCIA, and the CPU fan never stopped running.
> 
> Then FC2 came along and I had no problem installing it.  ACPI also 
> seemed to work OK.  However, when I put the laptop into battery mode, it 
> began crawling.  Apparently, there are bugs with the PowerNow driver.
> 
> With FC3T1, everything now works like magic.  When I unplug the AC 
> power, PowerNow immediately kicks in, but this laptop still runs better 
> than some of my desktops.  With PowerNow working as designed, under 
> certain conditions, I was able to squeeze out more than 3 hours of 
> battery life.  This is truly amazing, considering that I was using one 
> of the cheapest batteries.  If I use a more expensive 12-cell battery I 
> think I might be able to squeeze out 5 hours.
> 
> After the success of FC3T1, I went back to FC2.  Everything now works 
> like charm with my fully patched FC2.
> 
> There are two other very exciting developments.  First, RealPlayer 10 
> for Linux came out today.  I had no problem installing it in Fedora Core 
> 1/2/3.  So far, it works great.
> 
> The second development, which may not interest a lot of people here but 
> is of CRITICAL interest to me is the publication of the first 
> comprehensive macro book for OpenOffice.org:
> 
> http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/oome.htm
> 
> Or you can wait until it becomes available at Amazon.com (cheaper and 
> free shipping):
> 
>
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1930919514/qid=1091605589/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/104-6319084-8639941?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

> 
> 
> While it appears that SUN is bashed by everyone in the Linux community, 
> by opensourcing OpenOffice and taking the lead in its development, SUN 
> is, IMNSHO, making one of the most significant contributions to the 
> Linux/OSS movement.  wayne
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