F7 and Happy

[Karl Larsen]

    I wish to make a confession. I had been using Fedora Core 4 for at 
least 2 years when it occurred to me I might like to upgrade. I learned 
to use yum there and felt ready for other changes. I decided to go 
straight to Fedora 7 and did so, Not upgrading FC4 but a fresh load. It 
took a day and a half to download.

    The kernel was buggy, and lots of things were just strange. And this 
list was full of messages about strange things that happened on Fedora 
7. Several times it was suggested to just upgrade your FC6 and hang onto 
the kernel. This told me that I better load Fedora Core 6 and get used 
to the new features. I did that.

    On FC6 I discovered that the new Fedora is really Linux with a lot 
of new applications. I fooled around and with help, changed my 
/etc/fstab so I can mount my older Linux and bring old things to my new 
system. This all works great! I use the terminal a lot like it should 
be, and it works just as it should. I was told to use the Thunderbird 
and Firefox on FC6 or yum from Fedora. Thought about that and did as I 
have in the past. I got both from the web page and discovered I was 
missing a lib. I yummed the lib and both worked just fine. Fooled around 
and made the font larger and easier to read, but thunderbird has trouble 
(is slow) to open the mail.

    I decided that there was a new kernel in the upgrade to F7 so I 
loaded it again and right away got all the updates 50 in and I started 
to learn the in and out of F7. It looks and feels like FC6, no big 
surprise. Little problems with things like Adobe Acrobat which it looks 
like Adobe will start charging for the Acrobat in a few days.

    Read with interest the mail on WiFi use with F7 on a lap-top. That 
got me interested in the Fedora and Intel software that does the WiFi 
for many F7 users. I need today to ask on the NetworkManager list some 
questions and will get to it.

    In summary I am on Fedora 7 now. Happy with zero problems loading 
the software on this old computer and my newer lap-top. I have small 
problems that come and go but can be corrected with a simple fix. I 
entered a bug report which is still active but there are a lot before 
it. I can get along with the Alsa Mixer as it is now.

Karl