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you are better off avoiding the dvd altogether.
The only DE's that you can't run live sessions from, cinnamon and mate, don't really work so it's just a matter of picking gnome/kde/lxde/etc and install it from a live session
I actually prefer the yumex graphical thing in the lxde version than the 'software' thing in gnome.
just adding rpmfusion and then installing vlc, the process was simple and straightforward in yumex ... in 'software' you search for vlc and there's vlc media and core and phyton this and that and I installed a bunch of them but no vlc icon or anything.
fedora desperately needs a software center :/
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Originally posted by Wurzeld View PostIn case anyone was straining their brains trying to work out why their beta installation wasn't working, Mate and Cinnamon will not install properly from the x86_64 DVD, a home folder is created with virtually nothing in, you are able to sign in but nothing else happens, access is only possible from a terminal. The answer is to select a Gnome install and download your preference Cinnamon or Mate once installed - I have just wasted many hours thinking that my dvd or method of installation were flawed. Very impressed with Cinnamon on Fedora though!
Sorry for the inconvenience.
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In case anyone was straining their brains trying to work out why their beta installation wasn't working, Mate and Cinnamon will not install properly from the x86_64 DVD, a home folder is created with virtually nothing in, you are able to sign in but nothing else happens, access is only possible from a terminal. The answer is to select a Gnome install and download your preference Cinnamon or Mate once installed - I have just wasted many hours thinking that my dvd or method of installation were flawed. Very impressed with Cinnamon on Fedora though!
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Originally posted by Pallidus View PostI wish someone would have told me there's no need to download the install dvd.
If you have decided to go with gnome the live cd is just fine, the only thing the dvd offers is the ability to pick gnome/kde/lxde etc and a bunch of extra medical and scientific apps that you could download anyway.
Originally posted by Pallidus View PostThe live cd is also better to install because you can't in anyway shape or form configure your touchpad or connect to a hidden wi fi network from the dvd installer.
If you have a touchpad with no buttons and need to turn on tap to click and 2 finger scrolling or have a hidden wi fi network the anaconda installer is a bitch.
Originally posted by Pallidus View PostAlso use gparted to wipe your hard drive as I couldn't figure out how to delete hfs and ntfs partitions from a drive using the fedora installer.
If you have enough space to install, you can't hit the 'reclaim space' dialog (I'm not sure if this is considered a bug or not), but you can wipe existing partitions by going through custom partitioning - check the box about 'customize'. Existing partitions are shown on the left of the custom partitioning dialog, grouped by the OS install they're a part of. You can click on one and click the '-' button at the bottom of that pane to delete it (in all cases, partitioning decisions aren't actually *applied* until you start the install, btw, so you can always bail out until then).
Originally posted by Pallidus View Postedit: anyway is it true what I heard about f18 coming out before christmas?
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Originally posted by Pallidus View PostI wish someone would have told me there's no need to download the install dvd.
If you have decided to go with gnome the live cd is just fine, the only thing the dvd offers is the ability to pick gnome/kde/lxde etc and a bunch of extra medical and scientific apps that you could download anyway.
The live cd is also better to install because you can't in anyway shape or form configure your touchpad or connect to a hidden wi fi network from the dvd installer.
If you have a touchpad with no buttons and need to turn on tap to click and 2 finger scrolling or have a hidden wi fi network the anaconda installer is a bitch.
Also use gparted to wipe your hard drive as I couldn't figure out how to delete hfs and ntfs partitions from a drive using the fedora installer.
edit: anyway is it true what I heard about f18 coming out before christmas?
I think yes. but question is which year, 2013? I hope so
Also I find recent names doing bad magic
Spherical Cow - a Fedora release that nobody has seen and exists only in devs head
I hope Shroedingers Cat doesn't mean there's 50% chance it'll be perfect, 50% for complete disaster
But you wo't know untill you try
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I wish someone would have told me there's no need to download the install dvd.
If you have decided to go with gnome the live cd is just fine, the only thing the dvd offers is the ability to pick gnome/kde/lxde etc and a bunch of extra medical and scientific apps that you could download anyway.
The live cd is also better to install because you can't in anyway shape or form configure your touchpad or connect to a hidden wi fi network from the dvd installer.
If you have a touchpad with no buttons and need to turn on tap to click and 2 finger scrolling or have a hidden wi fi network the anaconda installer is a bitch.
Also use gparted to wipe your hard drive as I couldn't figure out how to delete hfs and ntfs partitions from a drive using the fedora installer.
edit: anyway is it true what I heard about f18 coming out before christmas?Last edited by Pallidus; 29 November 2012, 08:34 AM.
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coool
the beta monster released anyone have a benchmarks on this monster?
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By definition conspiracy is something done in secrecy. ?$ has not openly done things against GNU/Linux or other operating systems. Thus, ?$ have a conspiracy against GNU/Linux.
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Originally posted by AdamW View PostMy take on that is in this thread.
But there's quite a childish argument about M$, we all know how Microsoft has been (and is) trying to screw Linux (and not just Linux, and it's not just about Microsoft), no need to repeat, not even their World Tour attempt to claim ownership of Linux with "undisclosed patents" - but it's unfair to Microsoft cause they've done so much more to screw Linux that one needs an entire wiki to count their "merits".
And you're talking on that forum as if that didn't happen or if somehow God intervened and Microsoft suddenly only cares about its product quality. You also seem to believe that Microsoft caring about a better BIOS and creating problems for competition somehow exclude each other. You're also mentioning "the conspiracy theories are a load of bullcrap" - a lot of stuff in the world is done in conspiracy - it's one of the most natural and real things actually happening: from price-fixing done in conspiracy among corporations, down to mafia, CIA, coups, drug-cartels etc etc - they all act in conspiracy, so do a lot of corporations when bribing (judges, senators, especially in the USA since it's legalized) or working with/for the government and all the shitocracy around it.
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