FC5 recomendations

Mike McGrath mmcgrath at iesabroad.org
Wed Dec 7 16:28:20 UTC 2005


 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Josh Coffman
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:30 AM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: FC5 recomendations
> 
> Someone on another list said he installed FC5 Test1 and it 
> looks really good. So now I'm really feeling like checking it out.
> 
> What's the best way to get it? Should I try fc5-test1, 
> fc5-development, or wait for fc5-test2? SHould I upgrade or 
> install fresh?
> 
> This will be on my laptop, and will have to replace
> fc4 cause I don't have room for another OS partition.
> It needs to be good enough  for my kids to play supertux and 
> use firefox without me around to babysit the system.
> 
> 
> 
> Shin zen ni rei
> -j
> Registered Linux user number 403109
>   http://counter.li.org/
>   

You should really only put the FC5 tests on machines with data you don't
care about.  As such, unless you're testing the upgrade process, you
should do a fresh install.  I'd start from the FC5 Test 1 CD.  I would
also recommend doing a fresh install with test 2 when it comes out.

	-Mike




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