Actually using Fedora on your XO

[Rich Sharples]

My last config based on snap2 was a huge improvement and I can run 
applications but it's still too slow. I'll be trying snap3 over the 
weekend and am willing to try any perf. tricks.

If we can't get to an acceptable level of performance in a specified 
amount of time - we'll need a plan B; spinning up a thread to look at 
alternatives now seems prudent.

- Rich
> So now that it seems we can all install and mostly boot the XO iwth Fedora 10, can
> anyone else actually use anything?
>
> I find the applications on this spin to be a bit of a letdown (they're all quite
> resource intense), and even when I shut off most services and gnome things, there
> isn't enough ram to actually do much (one Firefox instance takes care of what RAM
> is left).
>
> The best I could do last night was to drop RAM usage to a point where there was
> about 86 Megs free.  Firefox will gladly eat all this away though.
>
> So just for fun I tried out the F10 XFCE spin.  It runs quite nicely, from a performance perspective, it's acceptable with no changes.
>
> So here are my thoughts and fears.
>
> If we go with the F10 GNOME spin, there will be two likely reactions from users:
>
> If the user knows Fedora, they'll probably get annoyed they paid extra for their SD
> card because it's so slow.
>
> If they don't know Fedora, they're going to assume Fedora is a fat slow pig and
> sucks.
>
> The more I try to slim this down, the more frustrated I'm getting, and I like to
> think I'm a bit smarter than the average bear here.  Is there a reason we HAVE to
> use the GNOME spin for this, or can other options be considered?
>
>   


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