Gerowen Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I've been away from the Linux community for a while, but I was browsing and saw that Fedora 10 has been released, anybody use it yet? I'm downloading the GNOME LiveCD right now but it'll be a couple of hours. For those of you who don't know, Fedora is a free, open source, Linux operating system, headed up mainly by Redhat as a proving ground for software and technologies that later make their way into Redhat's corporate solutions. The official website is www.fedoraproject.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neoauld Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 im a complete linux noob, and i installed it on my laptop and it works ok but the reason i wanted to use it was to get all those weird 3d effects and the nice UI i always see here on neowin however..i can never get the nvidia drivers to install..and you canjust download a click..seems overly complicated for a supposedly user friendly OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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markwolfe Veteran Posted January 18, 2009 Veteran Share Posted January 18, 2009 im a complete linux noob, and i installed it on my laptop and it works okbut the reason i wanted to use it was to get all those weird 3d effects and the nice UI i always see here on neowin however..i can never get the nvidia drivers to install..and you canjust download a click..seems overly complicated for a supposedly user friendly OS Getting nVidia drivers running in Fedora is pretty simple, with just a few commands needed. http://www.fedorafaq.org/#nvidia I recently switched to Xubuntu (part of the Ubuntu family), where if you have an nVidia card, you get a pop-up bubble to click that prompts you if you want to enable the closed-source nVidia drivers or not. Can't get any more simple than that, really. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I didn't like the fonts in Fedora 10, they just didn't seem right no matter what I did. I was really surprised that they didn't support the mp3 file format, closed source but they supported nVidia driver which are closed source as well. Other than that it seemed a really good and complete version, I grabbed the dvd since it had more BT seeds and was surprised at the amount of extra stuff on it. You could install Gnome, Xfce, or KDE, and two others I can't remember, however it just didn't click with me so I removed it. I think I will try Arch (since Shift is going to be based on it) or maybe Mint, Zenwalk, or Opensuse, I've got them burnt to disk but haven't had enough time to install them and try them out. Good Luck with Fedora 10! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm using Berry Linux to try Fedora 10: http://yui.mine.nu/berry/ It's a live CD based on Fedora 10 (defaults to KDE). It's pretty nice, for someone who just wants to try it out. Comes with DVD playback, NVIDIA drivers, Adobe flash player, (...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elv13 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I was really surprised that they didn't support the mp3 file format They can't, in theory, you have to purchase a licence to use mp3 file, and this licence is not free and have to be paid for each user, something impossible to track in Linux (fedora do have way to count user, but that dosen't give them the money to pay 7 million mp3 licence). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Get Fluendo. It installs all the multimedia goodness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 How does Fedora compare to Ubuntu. I'm curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm using the Mint Linux LiveCD right now, it supports mp3, xvid and dvix out of the box. So far so good, the fonts still seem strange, must be a Windows user symptom. :) Ooops, sorry didn't mean or want to hi-jack this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spd21 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm using the Mint Linux LiveCD right now, it supports mp3, xvid and dvix out of the box. So far so good, the fonts still seem strange, must be a Windows user symptom. :)Ooops, sorry didn't mean or want to hi-jack this thread. Try installing msttcorefonts via apt-get :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 As a complete Linux n00b can you tell me exactly what to type? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denholm Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm using the Mint Linux LiveCD right now, it supports mp3, xvid and dvix out of the box. So far so good, the fonts still seem strange, must be a Windows user symptom. :)Ooops, sorry didn't mean or want to hi-jack this thread. Fonts in Ubuntu look fine to me. Mint Linux looks really nice. Downloading a copy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spd21 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 As a complete Linux n00b can you tell me exactly what to type? I think it's 'sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts' in a terminal (without the ') Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Thanks, its working on it now. I think I'll install this to my hard drive, and that means I have to do that again right? Edit: It worked, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spd21 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Thanks, its working on it now. I think I'll install this to my hard drive, and that means I have to do that again right?Edit: It worked, thanks. I'm guessing you're using the LiveCD so yes once it's installed you will have to do that again :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I'm guessing you're using the LiveCD so yes once it's installed you will have to do that again :) Not any more! Thanks again for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 Using Fedora 10 now on a a Rev E. Macbook Pro. Took a bit of work getting the Nvidia drivers to play nice with my large display, bit I selected Twinview and moved the furniture over. Problem solved. And mp3/video codecs need to be installed separately. Will look into Fluendo for that. Fluendo has all of them in one package. Maybe the RPM Fusion repositories have them, but I haven't checked. Installed the rest of the compiz files. GL Desktop is sweet. Check out the Expose-clone. Very nice touch, huge points for usability. Wobbly windows are a lot smoother than I thought they'd be. And the shadow effects are subtle and tasteful. Even as die-hard OS X fan, desktop Linux with all the goodies has impressed me so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickFinlay2 Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 I run Fedora 10, previous 9, on my ThinkPad X40. Everything including wifi worked right out of the box and I would definitely recommend it to the new Linux people. http://polishlinux.org/choose/comparison/?...;distro2=Fedora Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daninku Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I'm a first time Linux user and am using Fedora 10. I'm amazed. The only problem I have is that it's not reading any DVDs / CDs and the numpad ain't working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 I'm a first time Linux user and am using Fedora 10. I'm amazed. The only problem I have is that it's not reading any DVDs / CDs and the numpad ain't working. Not reading CD's? You put a CD in and it doesn't do anything right? Press the key that says "Num Lock"... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daninku Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Yes I put in CDs and it doesn't do anything. As regards to the numpad, the numlock is on :p but it is using them as direction keys instead... up, down, left and right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 Yes I put in CDs and it doesn't do anything.As regards to the numpad, the numlock is on :p but it is using them as direction keys instead... up, down, left and right. What desktop are you using now? If it doesn't have a service to "autorun" CD's when inserted, nothing will happen... You'll have to mount it manually. Weird that the numpad doesn't work with numlock on. Keyboard model...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daninku Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 I'm using Gnome. How can I check if the service is installed? The keyboard is the Logitech Ultra Flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lechio Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 When you insert a CD/DVD using GNOME as the desktop, an icon should appear on the desktop and also something like this: Nautilus file manager: Check the /etc/fstab file and see if the CD/DVD devices are there. That keyboard should be working without any problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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