[LUAU] Fedora Core "3" Test 1

[Hawaii Linux Institute]

Warren Togami wrote:

> FC3T1 is indeed FC2 + tons and tons of fixes, except for two things...
>
> * gcc-3.4.1 is now used instead of gcc-3.3.x.  This may complicate 
> things if you use 3rd party drivers, although old gcc-3.3.x compiled 
> software works easily with the compat-* libraries.
>
> * https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=128154
> This problem happens... just close all terminals and open it again to 
> recover, and don't rely on ssh into your local workstation.  We're 
> working on figuring out what causes this.
>
> http://fedora.redhat.com/participate/schedule/
> While FC3T1 is pretty stable aside from the one problem mentioned 
> above, T2 and T3 may be less stable from a desktop perspective because 
> of the upheaval coming with GNOME 2.7.x betas.
>
> Warren Togami
> wtogami at redhat.com

Hi Warren-

Haven't "seen" you for a while, I thought you moved to the 
NeverNeverLand (mainland).

(OK, take that back, I now remember seeing you at Brian Chee's lab only 
about 1.5 months ago.)

For ordinary desktop use, a fully updated and augmented FC1 is probably 
the best distro. Period. It's snappy and does everything I want 
(including compatibility with Win4Lin, etc).  However, for laptops, 
FC3T1 is a better choice.

I have a blue-collar run-of-the-mill laptop, HP Pavilion ze4500 (Athlon 
XP-M 2500, 15" LCD, 512 MB DDR with 64 MB dedicated VRAM, and I think I 
paid $899 for it).  With FC1, after several painful experimentations, I 
was finally able to install it--but had to use a NOUSB option.  After 
installation, I have to turn PCMCIA off.

FC3T1, OTHO, installs and works "perfectly" on this machine.  If anyone 
is interested in buying a laptop, this is the one that I strongly 
recommend.  Everything works except my Netgear WA111A USB wireless card 
(no driver yet, but I think a lot of people are working on it).  I am 
thinking about getting the same Belkin USB wireless card that is being 
used in Makiki library.

As I mentioned in a separate thread, I will be very interested in 
Bugzilla-ing Fedora.  But I believe it will be much more productive if 
we could have a local situs that can provide more than cybernetic 
interactions.  wayne