On the quest for Ubuntu replacement. Part 1: Fedora 9

Ok, so I had heard that the new version of Fedora came out, and I thought I would check it out, as I like to toy with new distros to see if anything can replace ubuntu for me.

So I got the latest edition of Linux Format, which contained a DVD containing Fedora 9.

I booted up the install, installed it onto my laptop, and booted it up. So, pros first

1. Very fast boot time
2. The sideways scroll on my touchpad worked
3. Wireless worked out the box
4. Nice default screen
5. Still uses Gnome as default

And the cons

1. Don’t like packagekit, the new package manager for it, so I installed YumEx…it works, but still not amazing
2. Could not for the life of me, install ATI driver, and so couldn’t get compiz working
3. It seemed to be missing quite a lot of default Bash commands, and I didn’t know why
4. The network manager was a bit iffy…it would disconnect me every like 10 minutes

So, to be honest, I didn’t like it that much, the cons outweighed the pros, so I reverted back to Ubuntu. I’m still on the quest for an ubuntu replacement.

Firefox 3…

will finally be released in a few hours.

I have to say, I am extremely excited, because this means that my addons will start to properly work with firefox 3, and then I can put the version checking and security update checking back on.

I noticed just now, that 1400000 people have pledged to download firefox, and annoyingly, we have to download it from the website, rather than updating from the repos, so I shall be doing that as well…anything to get a world record eh

So far I have been very happy with firefox 3, and I’m just looking forward to addon compatibility.