I haven't used fedora yet but would like to because I need work with it and understand more about the Red Hat model of Linux...so I will try it in another VM and let you know how it goes
--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote:
>
> And I thought that you were a fan. ;)
>
> Nothing is perfect. My contact with Fedora users which is invariably
> positive suggests that they like the installer and do not like Ubuntu's set
> and forget approach. Personally I like to be able to walk away and come back
> to a fully functional system upon re-boot. But both work for me as I get
> used to the various idiosyncrasies of the various installers, so much so
> that they tend to merge in my mind. The peril of being a distro junkie. :)
>
> With Fedora 13 they are allowing Btrfs as well as the usual suspects, just
> to confuse things even more. I tried F13, but went back F12. It just did not
> seem ready and I did not like some of the changes. This is a reversal for me
> because I usually look forward to change. So far I prefer the even numbered
> releases of Fedora. IMO, 8 was better than 9, and ten better than 11. But I
> am not a true Fedora user. I just dabble in it .. because I can.
>
> Roy
>
> On 8 July 2010 10:17, Scott <scottro@...> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 08:50:53AM -0400, Roy wrote:
> > > In my experience installing Fedora is no different in a multi-boot
> > scenario
> > > than any other distribution except that it does not like to add other
> > > distributions to its grub boot loader.
> >
> > Yup, will only add Windows. Unlike the other 300 or so distros, the
> > Fedora developers haven't figured out how to recognize and add other
> > Linux installs. Perhaps it's part of their We're like Windows, only
> > worse, outlook. :)
> >
> > Installing it is easy provided that
> > > you take your time and read carefully.
> >
> > Again, unlike other distributions, their default is LVM (logical
> > volumes), which you might want to avoid unless you're familiar with
> > them. They're more useful on servers and where you want to spread data
> > across multiple physical disks.
> >
> > The installation process is in two
> > > steps. You don't add your user name until you re-boot which may be
> > unnerving
> > > for some. For others it is just expected to be this way and Ubuntu's
> > method
> > > of doing it in one go is strange.
> >
> > Well, neither is traditional actually, In more intellgently done
> > systems, such as the BSDs, you have the opportunity to add a user,
> > althugh said user won't have root privilege, and also set a password for
> > root.
> >
> > In Fedora's typically poorly thought out manner, you only set root--now,
> > on first boot, if you're lucky, the firstboot program will run, allowing
> > you to set a user. What happens quite frequently, as Fedora chooses
> > their defaults the way they do everything else, i.e., moronically is
> > that you'll either be greeted with a blank screen (0 default timeout on
> > grub, more stupidity), or wind up with a GUI log in screen that won't
> > give you an option to log in. Feodra doesn't allow root login to their
> > deafult GUI by default, as they are trying to keep you from shooting
> > yourself in the foot.
> >
> > One suggestion is that when install is completed, you use ctl+alt+F2 to
> > get a console. (This is before clicking the reboot button.) Then if
> > you look at the /mnt/sysimage/etc/grub.conf, you can edit grub to have a
> > default timeout of 3 or 5 seconds, anyway, enough so that you don't have
> > to worry about accessing it in case there's a problem.
> >
> > Also, you google a wee bit, you should find an illustrated installation
> > guide on fedoraproject.org, (I think--I'd have to google to find the
> > exact location.) You might also find the mjmwired.net guides very
> > valuable.
> >
> > --
> > Scott Robbins
> > PGP keyID EB3467D6
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> > gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys EB3467D6
> >
> > Angel: She murdered a man right in front of me, and I can't
> > even testify to that fact in a court of law.
> > Cordelia: Well, maybe in night court you could...
> >
> >
>
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