<a href="http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora">http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora</a><br><br>Then install rpmfusion repo (and then install VLC client and mozilla-vlc for multimedia) and adobe repo.<br><br>I'm sure the Ubuntu crowd will yell and scream their disagreements but I continually see (with some notable Fedora screwed-up exceptions) every other distro playing catchup to the "RedHat/CentOS on the servers, Fedora on the desktops" professional mantra. <br>
<br>I have consistently seen RedHat derivatives successfully install on more hardware than any other distro. I'm not talking cpu varients (Debian has that record hands down!) but x86 variant hardware from multiple vendors and makers (and a good supply of ppc systems as well) it just works. Exceptions are related to GPL violations and other proprietary stupid hardware (ATI video, etc). <br>
<br>I've test installed (or tried to anyway) every Ubuntu version that has shown up as a disk at Ale meetings or elsewhere. In most cases, I'm testing on a highly common, generic Dell business class desktop that is being recycled. In most cases, Ubuntu has failed to install. Most failures have been installer errors (fatal exception crash). Many have been related to unsupported hardware (usually chipset issues but sometimes NIC identification issues are main issues). On the few occasions the install completes I have been rewarded with no sound or really crappy video output (vesa framebuffer). In all of these machines (save one where the drive performed the hari-kari click of death on reboot) CentOS or Fedora loaded without a hitch and resulted in a perfectly functioning system with working sound and a correctly identified and functioning X video driver.<br>
<br>Note that the only special stuff I selected on any install was IP address data. <br><br>Yes. I realize if everyone only used "the distro that worked" we wouldn't have this wonderful community of distros we have now. I really do think it is a good thing to have this extreme level of OS diversity. I just hope that Ubuntu cleans it's act up and make a substantially more robust installer and UI-level polishing tweaks befitting the "Community Darling" status it currently enjoys. There was a point not too long ago that position was held by RedHat. I sent more bug notices for their anaconda installer than I can remember. OK. So I got in on the RedHat IPO as a result. :-$ But the big impact was RedHat applied people/resources to beef up QC and it now really shows they understand "Make it WORK everytime!". <br>
<br>Here's hoping Ubuntu get's it together soon. Since it's the "newbie distro of choice" it will have to recognize it is the current "Face of Linux on the Desktop". That's quite a heavy burden.<br>
<br></ranting philosophy><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Sean <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kilpatms@speakeasy.net">kilpatms@speakeasy.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
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> Hmm. My F11 system has a file find utility in top bar "Places"->"Search for<br>
> files" . It happily found file names buried 10+ layers deep in my home<br>
> director<br>
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Glad to hear it. But on this netbook, the Ubuntu version of the Gnome GUI search<br>
applet won't recurse even one level down -- even when told to check hidden files.<br>
When I have the time (hah!) I will try to find a configuration file and fix this<br>
madness.<br>
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Sean<br>
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