![]() For example, the printing is borked, theĭesktop effects do not work, and there's the manner of default boredom. Suspend & resume worked fine, too.įedora 20 Heisenbug, adorned with the KDE desktop, has some issues. No bogus failed messages, no issues there. In the worst case, when logging in, it will prompt you for your password, but that's Even the KDEWallet was silent, and there's the new Wireless There were no hangs, crashes or other bugs. Other than that, the system was perfectly The logout can be slow, but it's nothing special. Remember, I promised a separate tutorial. KDE Settings Menu, and did some extra cool work. I installed the openSUSE Plasma theme, using the Overall, the distro was fairly responsive, but you can do better.ġ3.1 KDE is among the prettiest desktops around? Well, then, why not bring itsīeauty to the rest of the Linux world? Which is exactly what I did. It tolled some 500MB worth of RAM, and the CPU Moreįedora 20 Heisenbug KDE edition is not the leanest distro. Similar to doing the same thing on Ubuntu and friends. Gnome, logging out and back into your session. Problem by installing the system-config-printer tool, normally intended for It did not work using the standard KDE utility, but you can solve the Unlike some other KDE distros, you get a kickass Touchpad utility. SELinux was quiet, too.įor the sake of fun, I also added these - some manually, some using easyLife. Not an essential part of theĭistro itself, but I decided to throw these into the review, all considering. On top of that, you also get the lovely Marble geo-educational tool, which was also the only application to crash, just once,īringing the total distro sum of problems to one. You do get rekonq and Kmail, rather than Firefox and Moreover, HD playback worked just fine, and I tested a WebM file, with Xvid and Lame, in Dragon Player,įor some reason, I was not able to activate them.įedora's default set is okay, but not mind-boggling. Now, for all those who emailed meĪbout alternative Fedora desktop and repo management tools, I've notĪfter this step is complete, you will have your pr0n helper utils, namely Flash and MP3, so you can watch your Nice, given the distro was only recently released, and usually the repos choke in the first week orĪn essential part of all my reviews - this will get your codecs and such. The system update for 445 packages took maybe five minutes, at full They are much faster than before, even with all theĬompression and bandwidth optimization. I was most pleasantly surprised by both Apper and yum. The RPMForge and Livna repositories for extra stuff, like codecs, Skype, Java, and more, and finally edited theīasic layout of the desktop to my liking. What I did was try new themes, new windows decorations, new wallpapers, installed easyLife, which in turn setup And now, we need to make Fedora presentable. There are so many ways the installer can be prettified, but we won't It appears as if some letters are cropped. The text is positioned flush with the surrounding div, so The installer does have a bunch of visual glitches. Paradoxically, the unclever layout makes it safer. There's a lot of mouse clicking neededīefore you format existing partitions. So you won't be killing your data easily, unless you really insist. Whoever designed it figured there could be terrible moments of panic, they added all kinds of safety measures, Since the installer is kind of dangerous, you pay more attention to what you're doing. Anyhow, after a bit ofĬareful fiddling, I was able to setup a proper quad-boot configuration. ![]() We will see this installer in action again soon, but In my previous two reviews, so I won't be doing it now. The installer is still kind of tricky, but I've spat enough poison and venom Session is only there to give you a sampling of what's ahead. Ideology, and in this sense, Ubuntu is no greater charmer either. ![]() The free software thingie means you are restricted to just some casual browsing and no fun at all. From the start, everything was rather peachy, I must admit. When I first tested it, it would not even Melee!įedora 19 was a troubled system, with kernel bugs and other problems. ![]() ![]() You will now bear witness to my escapade. Naturally, IĬhose the KDE version and set about pimping my way around. But the autumn season has turned into winter, and we must test, test, test. Ah, fedoras.Īnyhow, it feels like version 19 only came out yesterday, and now To you in a funny language, all of them dressed in leather coats and wearing fedoras. Tied and hurting, and then she's HE IS crying, and the local police is talking Some premium European white chocolate, sip wine and chat with a lady of uncommon affections, and you end up My love affair with Fedora is much like a typical visit to an Amsterdam brothel, where you expect to nibble ![]()
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