Fedora 14 was my first Linux distro, absolutely loved it and still do, I would use Fedora but an issue with the kernel and my wireless card causes a system freeze.
hey i have Fedora 14 and can;t seem to get Flash to work on it,how do i get it to work?me and my friend have tried everything but to no aviel.and i was woundering if anyone can help me,if you can send me info on how to fix this send me and e-mail to bmankroll@gmail.com,thanks
@TheTechnoToast well, technically they all are. Some of them come with more graphical utilities to make command-line interaction less necessary, but at the end of the day, if you wanted to, you could run any Linux distro command-line only (Ctrl+Alt+F1 will take you to a terminal, for example).
I've ran out of places to turn... I need your help, Linux Community. I'm a bit of a newb and having Mac OS X, Windows 7, and even Ubuntu have flash ready by default spoiled me. I've followed the "Fedora Flash" guide but it didn't work for me, when I try playing videos, it says Gnash requires plugins that it can't find. Is it third-party software? Why can't I use Adobe's Flash Player for it? I've installed every Gnash plugin I could too and it still won't work, I need help!
@theif519 you should add the rpmfusion repository to your system. that has the official Adobe flash player in it. Alternatively, you could just install "easylife" (very easy to install, works sort of like Ubuntu Tweak, but with fedora-specific information).
hi i just started using linux and i choose to install fedora insted of ubuntu and its really pretty good bt there is just one problem hw do i connect to Wifi?
@Computerphile I mentioned what was in the release notes, I made some comparisons to my existing setup. Yes, I mentioned Arch a few times. I'm an Arch user primarily, so I draw on my experience. After having a rough week dealing with a new Fedora release (audio issues with low-quality flash, a long-term bug, Nvidia proprietary driver issues), I was displeased, and this video was the result.
Since that time, I've made a video demonstrating and praising Fedora 15 Alpha, which you might like more.
@thisweekinlinux: I have the same problem with the Audio in flash files, but I'm not sure what to think caus e some videos sound really good, some other sound crappy, but If go to W7 the same videos sound perfect.. any idea when F15 will be released?
@mztguitar a large part of it has to do with the quality of the flash file. if you're watching something at 240p here on YouTube, it'll sound bad. if it's higher, it should be ok.
hey, i'm a linux noob, and i've got fedora 14 to dual boot with my windows os, lets say if fedora 15 is released, do i have to get the iso image and do all that stuff just to upgrade from fedora 14 to 15 or is there an easier way?
@crapytutorials I haven't tried myself, but the Fedora wiki mentions using the DVD of the new version to do it, or installing and using an app called "preupgrade"
@thisweekinlinux thnx for the info, like i said, i'm a linux noob, how can i connect to a wireless network in fedora? i've got the drivers and stuff all i need to know is how to connect
@crapytutorials If you're running Fedora with Gnome on it (like I was in this video), you should be able to just click on the NetworkManager icon in the upper right corner of the screen, near the clock. In the dropdown menu, if your wireless card is working correctly, you should see a list of wireless networks. Select yours, give it the password (if you have a password set for it) and you should be good to go.
@thisweekinlinux hey, srry for bothering you again, but you said that there should be a list of networks if my wireless card is working correctly.....there's not, how can i fix that?
Ubuntu or Fedora? im not asking for a war, just an opinion and why. i am an ubuntu user, considering fedora. becuase i do not like the way ubuntu is going.
@BarFaniBhaloo that's a matter of opinion on both points. I happen to like being able to actually customize my operating system, and not have to worry quite so much about virus infections. :)
@BarFaniBhaloo It really all depends on your mindset. I work in a Windows environment, and I'm 100% Linux at home, with no issues. My wife uses Windows on her laptop, and can interact with my Linux server for filesharing and printing.
If Windows works better for you, by all means use it. I'm not here to force Linux on anyone. I was just replying to your blanket statement that "Linux is very difficult, windows rocks!", when in my experience, it's just the opposite.
@BarFaniBhaloo : Have fun with windows... but people who like GNU/Linux can't stand windows for the lack of customization... In case of GNU/Linux user is the king and OS is the slave... it's other way round in case of windows... no hard feelings though!!
@smkhazi Actually when we are in windows community e.g with office,home,friends then one person can't shift himself to linux coz many applications are not compatible u know that.. after few days u'll be upset when u cant share ur data/files etc with friends who are on windows. blah blah.
it needs something other then a YUM install method. plus it needs a way larger driver package for more lexmark printers and dell printers like the dell printer 720.
hi again !! i am trying to install fedora to a laptop , i boot the cd it , start normaly for 5 seconds...and after that there is only a white screen and nothing more.. this spiciefic pc runs windows 7...and i suggested to the owner to try linux...so i want to install it whith w7 also...but i dont know why it doesnt start...if you ever find time and you might know how to help me please answer to me... bb keep on whith more good videos !!
@giorgos584: I started to use linux some months ago and just last week decided to double boot my Win7 Dell and I had the same problem, I'm not sure exactly what was wrong cause after what I did I didn't want to go back and see what was the problem so after some tries using the CD, went to download a fedora14 from another source and ended up finding LiveUSB... so I installed it using my usb, now is running nice and sweet. I love it even though still learning all the commands and stuff
@mztguitar :D ...i am allready shure that linux is great os !! yesterday i learned to do the same whith you ...instalation via usb.. i did it at my smal netbook , ands the laptop i want to install Fedora it is of a friend's , so i will try the same also and i will tell you if that was the problem . But one thing its for shure , once you meet someone trying to help you (especially to let you know about linux) you will do the same about anyone else you know
I feel that the strength of Fedora doesn't lie in using it as a desktop solution, or any linux distro for that matter. My use of it is purely as a home server (webmin, samba, vsftp, vuze, mdadm, lvm, mysql, apache, twonky media, tiger vnc, etc....) Been using it for a while now, especially considering microsoft's failure in releasing Vail. I'm glad the default is not bloated with stuff I'll never use. I do however have gnome installed and vnc into my server via ssh to use vuze. Vuze rocks.
After installing a minimal system and building it from it's roots I can't go back anymore to distros sporting one or another interface no matter how easy is for you to install another one on top of it (name it GNOME, KDE, Awesome, etc.).
Said that, it feels sad to have found Arch and eventually Parabola GNU/Linux (an Arch Linux %100 Libre) because I know it will be really hard to leave this *GREAT* distro =D
@martin77mdp Why do you have to leave Arch/Parabola? (I haven't heard of that one, btw). Use what makes you happy!
I agree, it's nice to have the minimal system, but occasionally it's nice to be able to set up a system without having to remember a bunch of commands. That's when I use Fedora or Ubuntu. When I need something going quickly and easily.
@TheYouuTubeRipper the head of the Gnome foundation says it with a hard G. I got to my age saying it that way by listening to the people who created it. Thanks for asking. :)
@thisweekinlinux Yeah, well, the 2 guys who created it were Guh-Mexican (Mena and Icaza) so Guh-figure!
Originally, it stood for GNU Network Object Model Environment. It was intended to be a distributed objects framework but the project has sort of strayed from its original intention and as such, it's name has changed to "Gnome" and many people (in fact, the majority of people pronounce it like the little troll like creatures)
@JeremyPassarelli ok, let's try another tactic. Reboot the system again. Hit a key at the countdown to get to a list. Hit "e" to edit the first entry. you should have 3 lines there. One that says "root(hd0,1)" (or something similar, one that starts with "kernel", and one that starts with "initrd". Correct?
@thisweekinlinux Thank you Jordan! My problem is fixed! I edited the kernel line, when I got into Fedora, I immedietly changed the GRUB config file to the changes I made. Even though I am not a programmer, you have really helped fix my problem! Thanks so mutch!!!! :o) :o) :o)
Now, I'm have problems with the themes! For example: the progress bar and right now, I'm using the theme that easyLife Installed (not Gliuche, because that's when I noticed the errors with the themes. Also, my when clock is supposed to say PM, it says AM. It also applies for AM, too. Ubuntu doesn't do this, so how do I fix it in my Fedora system?? Besides that, everything is fine!
@JeremyPassarelli you have to edit the grub.conf file. go to a terminal, type in "sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf", then give it your password (I assume when you ran easylife, you told it to fix Sudo for you).
In the grub.conf file, go to the first line that says "title Fedora (version number)", then look for the first line that says "kernel" after that. At the end of that line, add a space, then "vga=0x318". Save the file and reboot.
@thisweekinlinux - It shows it for a second, then says "mount: /dev/mapper is not a bock device (blank) Can't mount root filesystem (blank, blank) Boot has failed, sleeping forever." It says the mount thing 21 times. (blank) means blank spot. WHAT DO I DO?????
@JeremyPassarelli during the countdown right after startup, hit a key (spacebar). That should take you to a list with at least 2 items on it. You should be able to select the second one to boot to. it should be named Fedora, and have a slightly lower number version than the first one.
@JeremyPassarelli SELinux is a security mechanism for Red Hat based distros (though any distro could use it, most are using AppArmor now, since it's in the mainline kernel) for policy controls.
The easiest way to fix Sudo on Fedora is by installing easyLife (easylifeproject. org). It's got a TON of things it can fix quickly and easily, like Sudo, some drivers, codecs, flash, java, extra apps.
@thisweekinlinux After I installed easyLife, I launch it, choose my options, then I when I rebooted, the boot screen is way messed up! It has a bar at the bottom! HELP! How do I get everything back to normal?
@JeremyPassarelli I assume you've got an Nvidia graphics card and you installed that? (that's a side effect of the proprietary Nvidia drivers).
A thread I just found on the Fedora forum mentions adding "vga=0x318" to the end of your boot line to be able to see the boot screen again. Does the rest of the system work ok?
first time i used fedora, it was fedora core 6. while it was the best experience ive ever had with linux, needless to say i havnt used any fedora past 6. im on ubuntu now, but when unity comes out on 11.04 I'll need to find a new distro.
I had that scrolling problem on the web with the nivida and fedora; to get around it just switch off smooth scrolling in firefox. I suspect a nvidia driver problem.
BTW Id like good reasons for AppArmor over SELinux because I can think of several for it not to be used. Im open to conversion though. Last I looked AppArmor appeared to be a old idea breaking security for simplicity to the extent of endangerment. The later being my opinion though. I'd like to see some real hitters of the community review and debate both.
I started a long reply but then realized it doesnt matter as the majority of your review is either subjective or incorrect. You sound(yes your tone) like a fan-boi rather than a real review. Watch your own video a few weeks down the road and listen to yourself. Sorry, I wont rate the video in this case. Change isnt always good. Some times fixing is better. Arch is good but why are you making a reference? We have some base line here? LSB by chance? If so, redo. Yes Im aware of their opinion.
This wasn't a review, just first impressions (thus the title).
I realize I sounded a bit harsh about it, and I was probably a bit tainted by watching a review beforehand. Honestly, I think i recorded this video three times because I was having issues with screencasting at the time, could have impacted the review as well.
Guess I'll reinstall Fedora, give it another shot and do an actual review...
@thisweekinlinux I dont see how Im being harsh. If you listen to yourself you indeed sound fan-boish. I personally dont care about Fedora in that regard but you come across as making a baseline comparison on items that are incorrect or subjective(more the later, see your tone). Anyhow, I didnt mean to sound harsh. If I came across acidic I apologize as thats not my intention. Much is lost in text which is not in tone.
@thisweekinlinux I understand the difficulties to some degree. It came down to the repeated tone on comments. I also agree F14 doesnt have "much" in the way to offer in change. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. Anyone here an E user? =) I dont think you need to reinstall and do another review. When a review is done it frankly needs to be monotone(both in feeling and tech), IMHO. Granted this doesnt get the hits but it does make for a responding and continuous audience. Just my 2C MIW.
@daeamarth I have to disagree there. When I see a review that's just listing off the contents of the menu and offering nothing more (lacking in feeling), I find it boring. But I do agree though that I need to tone down the "personal" aspect of it a bit. I should mention my experiences with it, but don't let my opinion of the distro get in the way of the review.
i have tried arch, fedora 14, arch, debian testing, mint 10, and ubuntu 10.10 on my new laptop and oddly enough fedora 14 has the best performance and has the largest amount of my hardware working :p
Fedora has turned into a really crappy distro, which is sad because back in the day it was one of the best around. Every fedora release something else is broken. It just seems like a dumping ground for half baked software.
@TheRanblingjohnny I don't think that's the broken update arrow, it was a "security update available" notification. (unless I was looking at the wrong thing).
Re: libjpeg-turbo, you might have missed the point. While you're right that loading a single image is fast enough for most people without turbo, I think libjpeg-turbo is mainly intended to speed up remote desktop programs that use a continual stream of jpeg screenshots. Try comparing a fullscreen remote desktop connection, Fedora 14 vs Arch? (I haven't tried it myself, just sayin...)
@angularsofty hm, I might indeed have missed the point then. :P However, Fedora's the only system that doesn't appear to work with my remote VNC connection. Weird. (of course it's connecting to an Arch system. maybe that's the issue)
i tryed running a live CD. it seems pretty good, but theres a major problem. When i run on battery, without the AC power, the screen goes blank, and i cant adjust the brightness. After doing a little search, it seems to be happening with many people on Ubuntu 10.10 too. No idea why. Have you tried it on your laptop?
Wait there is Office stuff installed by default. Wait did you install through the DVD or the live CD? I always install through the DVD. I get more apps installed by default that way.
@thisweekinlinux Yes :P I download it from the Aarnet mirror, which you probably don't know of because it is Australian but if I download it from there, it doesn't use any of my internet quota.
He has a point. There's not much of a change from Fedora 13 to Fedora 14. I have it dual booted on here (Windows 7 Ultimate for the main OS) and I have got to say, as he said, there's not much difference.
I'm currently running Arch on my main desktop, and Fedora 14 on my laptop (though that might change at any time). I use Ubuntu regularly as well, but I've been trying out new things on my laptop to keep my skills sharp. :)
I've been trying to stay away from Fedora and Ubuntu now since the updates, they just been having some issues with previous drivers that use to work out of the box and programs like gtk-recordmydesktop even has issues running. So I'm trying to figure out where to move to now. I've been thinking Linux Mint 10 lately. But yeah Fedora didn't really impress me much..
I listened to the Linux Action talk about Fedora 14 and they made some valid points about this new release. Maybe I should run it in Vbox to check it out
Not to turn this into a "Big Bang" discussion, but the episode where Penny gives Sheldon the napkin (used by Leonard Nemoy) for Christmas, is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen on tv.
What I look for in a distro is mostly stability and looks. As long as it works, and looks good, I like it. To me, the included software is just merely "extra." I personally think that the Fedora theme for gnome isn't that good. The KDE version is nice, but I'm sure Kubuntu looks better (I haven't tried it, but I plan to.) It also seems that the KDE theme is a of a hog on my laptop, but its because its the worst laptop ever.
Basically, I stay away from Fedora, keep close to my Arch/Ubuntu.
@thisweekinlinux A compliment yes, love that show. I'm on Ubuntu few months so far and don't have any problems or wishes to go back on windows. Linux rules.
its quit weird that all of these distros like debian opne suse and fedora aren't showing real progress right now while ubuntu is pushing forward , were are they all ?
i remember a time in witch i would have chose fedora over ubuntu ,i miss the good "competition".
@spikespeigel WAY too many... I think 8 within the last 24 hours. (Of course someone inspired me to try out Archbang, and it didn't turn out well, so I've been on a distro-install spree!)
@thisweekinlinux What's up dude! Nice oveview of Fedora 14, always enjoy your channel. Man, it really is terrible Archbang didn't work for you. Check out the screenshot of my Archbang setup in the TWIL forum Arch/Chakra thread. Let me know what you think! :D
@riffzombie Thanks. :) I just saw your screenshot. Very cool. Honestly, I was really impressed with Archbang on the live environment. I'm going to give it a solid try in a VM, and when I have more time, I might throw it back on the laptop and try to fix the errors I had.
@thisweekinlinux Awesome! Glad you liked the screenshot. You know watching your Arch installation tuts inspired me to attempt an install on my wife's laptop. I just hope all goes well.... :|
@FearedBliss the last time I used it was with Foresight Linux, and it caused weird issues dual booting it with Ubuntu. :P (of course that's been 3 years ago now...)
@thisweekinlinux haha it's been a while for you. Did you have a separate /boot and lvm as part of the kernel modules? That's how I do it in Arch haha. Try it again with Arch. You won't regret it.
Fedora 14 was my first Linux distro, absolutely loved it and still do, I would use Fedora but an issue with the kernel and my wireless card causes a system freeze.
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hey i have Fedora 14 and can;t seem to get Flash to work on it,how do i get it to work?me and my friend have tried everything but to no aviel.and i was woundering if anyone can help me,if you can send me info on how to fix this send me and e-mail to bmankroll@gmail.com,thanks
TheKrollDaddy 1 week ago
i like :D
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se7bulg 3 months ago
what is better / takes less RAM ubuntu or fedora
rrgert4 3 months ago
Personally I like The GIMP over shotwell...
TheOrigonalKoil 7 months ago
@TheOrigonalKoil I like the Gimp quite a bit, but they serve completely different purposes, in my experience.
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
is it me or is every version of linux command line based?
TheTechnoToast 7 months ago
@TheTechnoToast well, technically they all are. Some of them come with more graphical utilities to make command-line interaction less necessary, but at the end of the day, if you wanted to, you could run any Linux distro command-line only (Ctrl+Alt+F1 will take you to a terminal, for example).
thisweekinlinux 7 months ago
@thisweekinlinux oh. that's dissapointing. Well I suppose I'll make my own OS then. Thanks :-)
TheTechnoToast 7 months ago
I've ran out of places to turn... I need your help, Linux Community. I'm a bit of a newb and having Mac OS X, Windows 7, and even Ubuntu have flash ready by default spoiled me. I've followed the "Fedora Flash" guide but it didn't work for me, when I try playing videos, it says Gnash requires plugins that it can't find. Is it third-party software? Why can't I use Adobe's Flash Player for it? I've installed every Gnash plugin I could too and it still won't work, I need help!
theif519 9 months ago
@theif519 you should add the rpmfusion repository to your system. that has the official Adobe flash player in it. Alternatively, you could just install "easylife" (very easy to install, works sort of like Ubuntu Tweak, but with fedora-specific information).
thisweekinlinux 9 months ago
does anyone know how can i change a windows drive letter in fedora?
gandalfwiz20007 10 months ago
hi i just started using linux and i choose to install fedora insted of ubuntu and its really pretty good bt there is just one problem hw do i connect to Wifi?
22siddharth 10 months ago
I want to name my son Windows and my daughter Seven
CKproductions111 10 months ago
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CKproductions111 10 months ago
We get it, you're a Arch-user and everything that Fedora has that Arch doesn't have "doesn't apply to me, so it's not worth mentioning"....
Computerphile 10 months ago
@Computerphile I mentioned what was in the release notes, I made some comparisons to my existing setup. Yes, I mentioned Arch a few times. I'm an Arch user primarily, so I draw on my experience. After having a rough week dealing with a new Fedora release (audio issues with low-quality flash, a long-term bug, Nvidia proprietary driver issues), I was displeased, and this video was the result.
Since that time, I've made a video demonstrating and praising Fedora 15 Alpha, which you might like more.
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
@thisweekinlinux: I have the same problem with the Audio in flash files, but I'm not sure what to think caus e some videos sound really good, some other sound crappy, but If go to W7 the same videos sound perfect.. any idea when F15 will be released?
mztguitar 10 months ago
@mztguitar a large part of it has to do with the quality of the flash file. if you're watching something at 240p here on YouTube, it'll sound bad. if it's higher, it should be ok.
F15 should be out near the end of May.
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
hey, i'm a linux noob, and i've got fedora 14 to dual boot with my windows os, lets say if fedora 15 is released, do i have to get the iso image and do all that stuff just to upgrade from fedora 14 to 15 or is there an easier way?
crapytutorials 10 months ago
@crapytutorials I haven't tried myself, but the Fedora wiki mentions using the DVD of the new version to do it, or installing and using an app called "preupgrade"
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
@thisweekinlinux thnx for the info, like i said, i'm a linux noob, how can i connect to a wireless network in fedora? i've got the drivers and stuff all i need to know is how to connect
crapytutorials 10 months ago
@crapytutorials If you're running Fedora with Gnome on it (like I was in this video), you should be able to just click on the NetworkManager icon in the upper right corner of the screen, near the clock. In the dropdown menu, if your wireless card is working correctly, you should see a list of wireless networks. Select yours, give it the password (if you have a password set for it) and you should be good to go.
thisweekinlinux 10 months ago
@thisweekinlinux hey, srry for bothering you again, but you said that there should be a list of networks if my wireless card is working correctly.....there's not, how can i fix that?
crapytutorials 10 months ago
is fedora use that rpm (?) packaged based system? whats yum?
acerookie1 11 months ago
@acerookie1 it uses RPM, yes. Yum is the package manager for Red Hat-based distributions, like Fedora.
thisweekinlinux 11 months ago
first time i tried Fedora, package manager is SLOW so i went back to ubuntu's dpkg
91jmda 11 months ago
@91jmda if you're interested, check out "yum fastestmirror". definitely helps a bit.
thisweekinlinux 11 months ago
Fedora is the best! I love it!
xdavidxgrovesx 11 months ago
Ubuntu or Fedora? im not asking for a war, just an opinion and why. i am an ubuntu user, considering fedora. becuase i do not like the way ubuntu is going.
daftcurt 11 months ago
Ahaha. Windows 7 Ad on Linux first look. GG
doblaze 11 months ago
@doblaze LOL
BarFaniBhaloo 11 months ago
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Linux is very difficult, windows rocks!
BarFaniBhaloo 11 months ago
@BarFaniBhaloo that's a matter of opinion on both points. I happen to like being able to actually customize my operating system, and not have to worry quite so much about virus infections. :)
thisweekinlinux 11 months ago 5
@thisweekinlinux Can i customize ubuntu 10.10 like fedora ?
BarFaniBhaloo 11 months ago
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BarFaniBhaloo 11 months ago
@BarFaniBhaloo It really all depends on your mindset. I work in a Windows environment, and I'm 100% Linux at home, with no issues. My wife uses Windows on her laptop, and can interact with my Linux server for filesharing and printing.
If Windows works better for you, by all means use it. I'm not here to force Linux on anyone. I was just replying to your blanket statement that "Linux is very difficult, windows rocks!", when in my experience, it's just the opposite.
thisweekinlinux 11 months ago 3
@thisweekinlinux hmm i got your point, thanks GOD bless you:)
BarFaniBhaloo 11 months ago
@BarFaniBhaloo : Have fun with windows... but people who like GNU/Linux can't stand windows for the lack of customization... In case of GNU/Linux user is the king and OS is the slave... it's other way round in case of windows... no hard feelings though!!
smkhazi 11 months ago
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@smkhazi Actually when we are in windows community e.g with office,home,friends then one person can't shift himself to linux coz many applications are not compatible u know that.. after few days u'll be upset when u cant share ur data/files etc with friends who are on windows. blah blah.
BarFaniBhaloo 11 months ago
@BarFaniBhaloo Linux is for who wanna learn something than just click click click.
MrShoy 10 months ago
fedora is created by ubuntu?
alessandroguio1993 11 months ago
@alessandroguio1993 Fedora is another distribution from Linux. Same with Ubuntu.
Boarder120 11 months ago
@alessandroguio1993 Fedora is created by Red Hat Community which has no link with Ubuntu
hsnan009 11 months ago
@alessandroguio1993 No fedora is older than Ubuntu.
maw88ify 11 months ago
it needs something other then a YUM install method. plus it needs a way larger driver package for more lexmark printers and dell printers like the dell printer 720.
foolsgold41 1 year ago
I want to name my son Linux and my daughter Fedora XD
phantomswordsmen 1 year ago 24
hi again !! i am trying to install fedora to a laptop , i boot the cd it , start normaly for 5 seconds...and after that there is only a white screen and nothing more.. this spiciefic pc runs windows 7...and i suggested to the owner to try linux...so i want to install it whith w7 also...but i dont know why it doesnt start...if you ever find time and you might know how to help me please answer to me... bb keep on whith more good videos !!
giorgos584 1 year ago
@giorgos584: I started to use linux some months ago and just last week decided to double boot my Win7 Dell and I had the same problem, I'm not sure exactly what was wrong cause after what I did I didn't want to go back and see what was the problem so after some tries using the CD, went to download a fedora14 from another source and ended up finding LiveUSB... so I installed it using my usb, now is running nice and sweet. I love it even though still learning all the commands and stuff
mztguitar 11 months ago
@mztguitar :D ...i am allready shure that linux is great os !! yesterday i learned to do the same whith you ...instalation via usb.. i did it at my smal netbook , ands the laptop i want to install Fedora it is of a friend's , so i will try the same also and i will tell you if that was the problem . But one thing its for shure , once you meet someone trying to help you (especially to let you know about linux) you will do the same about anyone else you know
giorgos584 11 months ago
@giorgos584 Dont install this Ubuntu is much better than this
hsnan009 11 months ago
Do you prefer Fedora 13? Which version if not it?
xilix1000 1 year ago
@xilix1000 I liked 13 very well, and after using 14 for a while longer, it's a very stable distro. Looking forward to 15.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
Not bad distro
RadioFoxBG 1 year ago
Can i install OpenOffice and other system language in Fedora 14?
SymHae 1 year ago
@SymHae Yes, you can. Fedora's got quite a bit of stuff in their repos, and if it's not there, RPMFusion has a lot more in it.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@SymHae Use Ubuntu open office is preinstalled and have language packs which you can easily install it is much better than this
hsnan009 11 months ago
@hsnan009 What about other system languages?
SymHae 11 months ago
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TheBiggyOfficial 1 year ago
I have a problem with opening it in a VirtualBox
zik1zik 1 year ago
I feel that the strength of Fedora doesn't lie in using it as a desktop solution, or any linux distro for that matter. My use of it is purely as a home server (webmin, samba, vsftp, vuze, mdadm, lvm, mysql, apache, twonky media, tiger vnc, etc....) Been using it for a while now, especially considering microsoft's failure in releasing Vail. I'm glad the default is not bloated with stuff I'll never use. I do however have gnome installed and vnc into my server via ssh to use vuze. Vuze rocks.
wehrmacht1986 1 year ago
fedora is superior to ubuntu, and i have been using it for a while now.
philkgray 1 year ago
After installing a minimal system and building it from it's roots I can't go back anymore to distros sporting one or another interface no matter how easy is for you to install another one on top of it (name it GNOME, KDE, Awesome, etc.).
Said that, it feels sad to have found Arch and eventually Parabola GNU/Linux (an Arch Linux %100 Libre) because I know it will be really hard to leave this *GREAT* distro =D
Good review anyways!
martin77mdp 1 year ago
@martin77mdp Why do you have to leave Arch/Parabola? (I haven't heard of that one, btw). Use what makes you happy!
I agree, it's nice to have the minimal system, but occasionally it's nice to be able to set up a system without having to remember a bunch of commands. That's when I use Fedora or Ubuntu. When I need something going quickly and easily.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
thanks for using a good micro!!
Nyocurio 1 year ago
@Nyocurio thank you! I really like my USB microphone. :)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux I mean there's just too many let's player and reviewer with a bad micro and it's such a pain to listen to them
Nyocurio 1 year ago
@Nyocurio oh, I definitely understand. :) It was a bit of an investment at first, but I think it's more than paid for itself at this point.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
The 'G' in gnome is silent. You don't pronounce it. Like the 'K' in 'k'nife!?!
How do you get to your age and not 'k'now that?
TheYouuTubeRipper 1 year ago 4
@TheYouuTubeRipper the head of the Gnome foundation says it with a hard G. I got to my age saying it that way by listening to the people who created it. Thanks for asking. :)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux Yeah, well, the 2 guys who created it were Guh-Mexican (Mena and Icaza) so Guh-figure!
Originally, it stood for GNU Network Object Model Environment. It was intended to be a distributed objects framework but the project has sort of strayed from its original intention and as such, it's name has changed to "Gnome" and many people (in fact, the majority of people pronounce it like the little troll like creatures)
Besides, ga-nome sounds silly.
There's no place like Gnome!
TheYouuTubeRipper 1 year ago
@TheYouuTubeRipper you're definitely entitled to say it how you like, as am I. :)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
waiting for a Fedora 20, maybe it will be stable and successful
lassaad7 1 year ago
@lassaad7 In your opinion, what is stable? I'm using Fedora 13 and it's more stable than any Linux distro i've used the past few years.
copstryin2takemycrop 1 year ago
ATI Catalyst (fglrx) on Fedora 14 solved
ShinWMC 1 year ago
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JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli ok, let's try another tactic. Reboot the system again. Hit a key at the countdown to get to a list. Hit "e" to edit the first entry. you should have 3 lines there. One that says "root(hd0,1)" (or something similar, one that starts with "kernel", and one that starts with "initrd". Correct?
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux Thank you Jordan! My problem is fixed! I edited the kernel line, when I got into Fedora, I immedietly changed the GRUB config file to the changes I made. Even though I am not a programmer, you have really helped fix my problem! Thanks so mutch!!!! :o) :o) :o)
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli awesome! you have no idea how relieved I am that you got it working.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
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JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
Now, I'm have problems with the themes! For example: the progress bar and right now, I'm using the theme that easyLife Installed (not Gliuche, because that's when I noticed the errors with the themes. Also, my when clock is supposed to say PM, it says AM. It also applies for AM, too. Ubuntu doesn't do this, so how do I fix it in my Fedora system?? Besides that, everything is fine!
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli trying to understand what's wrong. What about the theme is giving you errors? And it sounds like your clock is off by 12 hours?
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
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JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli you have to edit the grub.conf file. go to a terminal, type in "sudo gedit /boot/grub/grub.conf", then give it your password (I assume when you ran easylife, you told it to fix Sudo for you).
In the grub.conf file, go to the first line that says "title Fedora (version number)", then look for the first line that says "kernel" after that. At the end of that line, add a space, then "vga=0x318". Save the file and reboot.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux -- I think I killed it! HELP!
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli what happens when you try to boot now?
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux - It shows it for a second, then says "mount: /dev/mapper is not a bock device (blank) Can't mount root filesystem (blank, blank) Boot has failed, sleeping forever." It says the mount thing 21 times. (blank) means blank spot. WHAT DO I DO?????
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli during the countdown right after startup, hit a key (spacebar). That should take you to a list with at least 2 items on it. You should be able to select the second one to boot to. it should be named Fedora, and have a slightly lower number version than the first one.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
What is SELinux? PS: Why is it when you do a root command as a regular user, it says user so and so is not in the sudoers file?? How do I fix it?
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli SELinux is a security mechanism for Red Hat based distros (though any distro could use it, most are using AppArmor now, since it's in the mainline kernel) for policy controls.
The easiest way to fix Sudo on Fedora is by installing easyLife (easylifeproject. org). It's got a TON of things it can fix quickly and easily, like Sudo, some drivers, codecs, flash, java, extra apps.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux After I installed easyLife, I launch it, choose my options, then I when I rebooted, the boot screen is way messed up! It has a bar at the bottom! HELP! How do I get everything back to normal?
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
@JeremyPassarelli I assume you've got an Nvidia graphics card and you installed that? (that's a side effect of the proprietary Nvidia drivers).
A thread I just found on the Fedora forum mentions adding "vga=0x318" to the end of your boot line to be able to see the boot screen again. Does the rest of the system work ok?
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
What is SELinux? Second Edition Linux? LOL!
JeremyPassarelli 1 year ago
first time i used fedora, it was fedora core 6. while it was the best experience ive ever had with linux, needless to say i havnt used any fedora past 6. im on ubuntu now, but when unity comes out on 11.04 I'll need to find a new distro.
hl2vshalo2 1 year ago
I had that scrolling problem on the web with the nivida and fedora; to get around it just switch off smooth scrolling in firefox. I suspect a nvidia driver problem.
slenpree 1 year ago
@slenpree interesting.... I'm going to reinstall Fedora tomorrow, so I'll end up trying that out. thanks
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
BTW Id like good reasons for AppArmor over SELinux because I can think of several for it not to be used. Im open to conversion though. Last I looked AppArmor appeared to be a old idea breaking security for simplicity to the extent of endangerment. The later being my opinion though. I'd like to see some real hitters of the community review and debate both.
daeamarth 1 year ago
I started a long reply but then realized it doesnt matter as the majority of your review is either subjective or incorrect. You sound(yes your tone) like a fan-boi rather than a real review. Watch your own video a few weeks down the road and listen to yourself. Sorry, I wont rate the video in this case. Change isnt always good. Some times fixing is better. Arch is good but why are you making a reference? We have some base line here? LSB by chance? If so, redo. Yes Im aware of their opinion.
daeamarth 1 year ago
@daeamarth Wow. a bit harsh, man.
This wasn't a review, just first impressions (thus the title).
I realize I sounded a bit harsh about it, and I was probably a bit tainted by watching a review beforehand. Honestly, I think i recorded this video three times because I was having issues with screencasting at the time, could have impacted the review as well.
Guess I'll reinstall Fedora, give it another shot and do an actual review...
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux I dont see how Im being harsh. If you listen to yourself you indeed sound fan-boish. I personally dont care about Fedora in that regard but you come across as making a baseline comparison on items that are incorrect or subjective(more the later, see your tone). Anyhow, I didnt mean to sound harsh. If I came across acidic I apologize as thats not my intention. Much is lost in text which is not in tone.
daeamarth 1 year ago
@daeamarth agreed, it's really hard to read subtext and tone through text.
I just rewatched the video, and I do sound like an Arch fanboy (I have to admit, I am, but that shouldn't be coming through, so apologies there...).
End of the day though, it's difficult to "review" something without being subjective...
I'll just have to reinstall and give it another fair shake...
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux I understand the difficulties to some degree. It came down to the repeated tone on comments. I also agree F14 doesnt have "much" in the way to offer in change. Thats not necessarily a bad thing. Anyone here an E user? =) I dont think you need to reinstall and do another review. When a review is done it frankly needs to be monotone(both in feeling and tech), IMHO. Granted this doesnt get the hits but it does make for a responding and continuous audience. Just my 2C MIW.
daeamarth 1 year ago
@daeamarth I have to disagree there. When I see a review that's just listing off the contents of the menu and offering nothing more (lacking in feeling), I find it boring. But I do agree though that I need to tone down the "personal" aspect of it a bit. I should mention my experiences with it, but don't let my opinion of the distro get in the way of the review.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
i have tried arch, fedora 14, arch, debian testing, mint 10, and ubuntu 10.10 on my new laptop and oddly enough fedora 14 has the best performance and has the largest amount of my hardware working :p
nolanhester1 1 year ago
@nolanhester1 yeah, every system sort of has its own personality, and no one distro is perfect for everything.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux I agree, It's so strange sometimes :)
nolanhester1 1 year ago
Fedora has turned into a really crappy distro, which is sad because back in the day it was one of the best around. Every fedora release something else is broken. It just seems like a dumping ground for half baked software.
c0deMunkey 1 year ago
What happened to fedora, a couple of distros ago it was starting to look good!
MriBackup 1 year ago
@MriBackup They're doing more "behind the scenes" work, I think.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
looks like garbage.
denzell707 1 year ago
thanks for the vid
Lynnc83 1 year ago
Doesn't sound so impressive :|
Kinda sad since I was thinking about giving Fedora a try.
MegaManNeo 1 year ago
You got a broken update arrow! Is something wrong with one of the source?
TheRanblingjohnny 1 year ago
@TheRanblingjohnny I don't think that's the broken update arrow, it was a "security update available" notification. (unless I was looking at the wrong thing).
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
Re: libjpeg-turbo, you might have missed the point. While you're right that loading a single image is fast enough for most people without turbo, I think libjpeg-turbo is mainly intended to speed up remote desktop programs that use a continual stream of jpeg screenshots. Try comparing a fullscreen remote desktop connection, Fedora 14 vs Arch? (I haven't tried it myself, just sayin...)
angularsofty 1 year ago
@angularsofty hm, I might indeed have missed the point then. :P However, Fedora's the only system that doesn't appear to work with my remote VNC connection. Weird. (of course it's connecting to an Arch system. maybe that's the issue)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
i tryed running a live CD. it seems pretty good, but theres a major problem. When i run on battery, without the AC power, the screen goes blank, and i cant adjust the brightness. After doing a little search, it seems to be happening with many people on Ubuntu 10.10 too. No idea why. Have you tried it on your laptop?
MattDurden 1 year ago
@MattDurden launchpad bug bugs.launchpad. net/ubuntu/+bug/669044
MattDurden 1 year ago
Wait there is Office stuff installed by default. Wait did you install through the DVD or the live CD? I always install through the DVD. I get more apps installed by default that way.
DrG241 1 year ago
@DrG241 I use the CD generally. I would assume something 3.3Gb would have a lot more stuff preinstalled. :P
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux Yes :P I download it from the Aarnet mirror, which you probably don't know of because it is Australian but if I download it from there, it doesn't use any of my internet quota.
DrG241 1 year ago
@DrG241 yeah, I'm not familiar with it. Luckily, we don't have an obvious internet quota here. :) I download entirely too many distros.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux CURSE YOU ALL!!! :P
DrG241 1 year ago
He has a point. There's not much of a change from Fedora 13 to Fedora 14. I have it dual booted on here (Windows 7 Ultimate for the main OS) and I have got to say, as he said, there's not much difference.
DrG241 1 year ago
man,you should do more episodes and videos,I enjoy all your news and distro reviews.
but i was wondering which distro u use now as your main,i thought you said you are an ubuntu user,but later you said you spend alot of time on arch.
AlaaHossam 1 year ago
@AlaaHossam Thanks!
I'm currently running Arch on my main desktop, and Fedora 14 on my laptop (though that might change at any time). I use Ubuntu regularly as well, but I've been trying out new things on my laptop to keep my skills sharp. :)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
Please do a review using KDE :)
goblend 1 year ago
@goblend might have to do that. :) They made some significant changes to the KDE version.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
You should review the DVD version!
alexanderbledel 1 year ago
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alexanderbledel 1 year ago
I've been trying to stay away from Fedora and Ubuntu now since the updates, they just been having some issues with previous drivers that use to work out of the box and programs like gtk-recordmydesktop even has issues running. So I'm trying to figure out where to move to now. I've been thinking Linux Mint 10 lately. But yeah Fedora didn't really impress me much..
H4x0r18 1 year ago
I listened to the Linux Action talk about Fedora 14 and they made some valid points about this new release. Maybe I should run it in Vbox to check it out
s3eds 1 year ago
RedHat is a supporter of the DocumentFoundation, so they support LibreOffice.
MrDanielHen 1 year ago
Not to turn this into a "Big Bang" discussion, but the episode where Penny gives Sheldon the napkin (used by Leonard Nemoy) for Christmas, is quite possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen on tv.
Thanks for another great review Jordan.
roccoscirocco 1 year ago
What I look for in a distro is mostly stability and looks. As long as it works, and looks good, I like it. To me, the included software is just merely "extra." I personally think that the Fedora theme for gnome isn't that good. The KDE version is nice, but I'm sure Kubuntu looks better (I haven't tried it, but I plan to.) It also seems that the KDE theme is a of a hog on my laptop, but its because its the worst laptop ever.
Basically, I stay away from Fedora, keep close to my Arch/Ubuntu.
any5dollarfootlong 1 year ago
@Purgatware I am indeed planning to talk about it. Thanks though!
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
Love TWIL and LAS! Fedora gets no love! Faster JPEGS!
starsky51 1 year ago
boooring
sauron1grenoble 1 year ago
nice video jordan
worldpeace390 1 year ago
Cool review, you remind me on Leonard from Big Bang Theory.
davorsite 1 year ago
@davorsite I'll take that as a compliment, though I identify with Sheldon a bit more. :P
Bazinga!
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago 2
@thisweekinlinux A compliment yes, love that show. I'm on Ubuntu few months so far and don't have any problems or wishes to go back on windows. Linux rules.
davorsite 1 year ago
@davorsite Have you seen the clip from Big Bang Theory where Sheldon talks about using Ubuntu? Hilarious. :)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux yes, funny
davorsite 1 year ago
wallpaper looks comic booky
thejoesteiger 1 year ago
@thejoesteiger A little. I'm a comic book fan. :)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
When do you make a tutorial about installing an interface (GNOME because i hate KDE) on Arch?
AdyGudus 1 year ago
@AdyGudus I made a tutorial about installing Gnome on Arch a few weeks back. :P
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
its quit weird that all of these distros like debian opne suse and fedora aren't showing real progress right now while ubuntu is pushing forward , were are they all ?
i remember a time in witch i would have chose fedora over ubuntu ,i miss the good "competition".
elyawy 1 year ago
<3 Arch
carlosinfl 1 year ago
haha how many times have you reformatted your laptops hard drive?
spikespeigel 1 year ago
@spikespeigel WAY too many... I think 8 within the last 24 hours. (Of course someone inspired me to try out Archbang, and it didn't turn out well, so I've been on a distro-install spree!)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux What's up dude! Nice oveview of Fedora 14, always enjoy your channel. Man, it really is terrible Archbang didn't work for you. Check out the screenshot of my Archbang setup in the TWIL forum Arch/Chakra thread. Let me know what you think! :D
riffzombie 1 year ago
@riffzombie Thanks. :) I just saw your screenshot. Very cool. Honestly, I was really impressed with Archbang on the live environment. I'm going to give it a solid try in a VM, and when I have more time, I might throw it back on the laptop and try to fix the errors I had.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux Awesome! Glad you liked the screenshot. You know watching your Arch installation tuts inspired me to attempt an install on my wife's laptop. I just hope all goes well.... :|
riffzombie 1 year ago
fedora is ok i'm not really enthused about it, I prefer Ubuntu or Mint, Mint 10 final release should be coming out very very soon.
Ubuntufrog 1 year ago
@invnd1987 not a bad idea. :) I've been meaning to get back into topical vlogs over there.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
im not a fan of fedora im in the ubuntu camp :) teamm ubuntu!!!
fighterpiolt1992 1 year ago
@fighterpiolt1992 Cool. :) I'm in the Linux camp, though I'm not a zealot about it.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
I like linux action show too.
supercoolguyT 1 year ago
@Hax0rPr0n I like sudo. :P I've gotten used to doing su -c 'command' though.
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
OpenOffice is installed with the DVD version of Fedora
lindsaymobil22 1 year ago
@lindsaymobil22 cool. well the DVD is 3.3Gb, I would certainly hope it would come with an office suite...
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
LVM is actually a very nice technology even for a basic volume person haha. Pretty easy to do as well.
FearedBliss 1 year ago
@FearedBliss the last time I used it was with Foresight Linux, and it caused weird issues dual booting it with Ubuntu. :P (of course that's been 3 years ago now...)
thisweekinlinux 1 year ago
@thisweekinlinux haha it's been a while for you. Did you have a separate /boot and lvm as part of the kernel modules? That's how I do it in Arch haha. Try it again with Arch. You won't regret it.
FearedBliss 1 year ago
great first look video, that makes me want to install Fedora 14 on my laptop myself and I am really thinking of doing that right now! :)
QueeeeenZ 1 year ago
i watched the LAS fedora review too and i came away with this:
F14 = F13
btw, just out of curiosity, does anybody