Fedora Core 6 Testing

Right now I'm using Fedora Core 6 and found it one of the most stable linux distribution for my laptop that is. We all hear how Ubuntu is taking the linux crowd, but i disgress. My laptop doesn't like Ubuntu. One of the first problems, video adapter. It seems the only distribution which is compatible out of the box for my laptop is openSUSE 10.2. For ubuntu and fedora, we need to set it up manually. Probably you asked, hey, WHY do you have to set it up? Isn't right now about simplicity? I can answer that I am a poweruser. I don't mind doing setting up a lil bit.

for opensuse, installation is a breeze. everything worked out of the box. but what i meant worked it just worked. It's not stable. One out of two occasion when i restart my laptop, it will hang for no reason. this can't be good. is it because of the beryl package i installed? i don't think so because it happens before i installed beryl.

for ubuntu 6.10, after you configure X Server manually using depkg-configure xserver-xorg to make it run, other creepy bugs come out of nowhere. for instance, my mouse clicks will die after a few clicks. Even alt-tab won't solve the problem. And when you type the word example, it will become exaaaaaaaaaampleee. probably because of the setting of the mouse and keyboard. I don't know it just don't work.

For fedora core 6 (x86 and x86_64), you have to use linux vesa to get the anaconda installer to start in graphical mode. for x86, after the installation, you can go to X and set your graphics driver and monitor manually using graphical interface. but for x86_64, you won't go into X. you will be stuck in console mode. you need to be root and type system-config-display to set your graphic and monitor.

But after that, it's a bliss as my fedora core have never been stable. In fact so stable, made me wonder why in the world I used Ubuntu, as fedora core serves me well. No creepy bugs. i update everything using yum -y update. For wireless, it's a little bit tricky as it does not work out of the box. i have to install using freshrpms repo.

Want to know how I've done everything? you can go to my del.icio.us bookmarks and search for the tag fedoracore and you'll see a lot of research been done.

Leave some comments if you want to bash me or anything. Just for me, only fedora core rocks ON my custom made dell 640m. your mileage may vary from one laptop to another.