Comments on: Switching to Linux which distro to use, Fedora?

By: omatto

omatto — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:39:56 +0000

I am totally new to Linux. So technical language only sinks in very slowly. I have Fedora 9 as my new operating system. When I look at videos sometimes they run but never with audio (except a few web advertising sites). Sometimes I get a prompt from Fedora to purchase a missing component- sometimes just the video runs w/o sound, and sometimes other error messages come on.
I tried to use something called Downloadhelper and I think that has worsened the problem. I tried to use Ad-ons and I cannot get the computer to accept these Ad-ons.
The Downloadhelper is loaded and on the browse bar but I cannot identify where it is loaded in order to remove it.
I was not great with XP but with Fedora, I am considerably worse, all thumbs.

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Switching to Linux which distro to use, openSUSE? | — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:53:22 +0000

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By: Venu

Venu — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:04:05 +0000

I’m waiting for your take on Opensuse 11 review..Had tried out 9 and 10 before.. want to know if 11 is worth the download..

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By: Danilo

Danilo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:50:16 +0000

I like your list of suggestions capricornus! We’ll speak about Mandriva and openSUSE soon as well. I haven’t planned to write about Mint because it seems to be a fork of Ubuntu, so we’ll cover the main source.

Thanks a lot for your input!

By: capricornus

capricornus — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:36:14 +0000

I run several pc’s, from Athlon2000 over Sempron2800 to P4DC, with both ATI and NVIDIA video.
Fedora came, Fedora went, just as openSUSE and others, because of so many tiny things, most often codecs and drivers.
I run the following now:
MINT 4
MEPIS 7
MANDRIVA 2008.1
GRANULAR 1
They install easily, 1440×900 is recognized, I get full control in a few minutes, CrossOver and Winstuff is easily installed, their logic and ease to use is manifest, no hidden problems with wilfully forgotten codecs (I’m European, excuse me).

By: Danilo

Danilo — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:30:38 +0000

Awesome report on your experience!

Agreed with you Nick. On the road to increase adoption rate of Linux, a distro would need to be better able to handle different machines well. Unfortunately proprietary drives don’t help much too…

Any one else like to give tips or user experience about Fedora?