Fedora 21 review - Uh, not again

Discussion in 'all things UNIX' started by Mrkvonic, Dec 24, 2014.

  1. Mrkvonic

    Mrkvonic Linux Systems Expert

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    Oppan Red Hat style. I mean Fedora. So there it is, a long, mostly unfavorable review of Fedora 21 KDE 64-bit edition, tested in a quad-boot setup on a laptop with Intel graphics and SSD, covering live session, install and post-install use, including look & feel, network connectivity - Wireless (2.4GHz and 5GHz), Samba sharing, partitioning and problms with BTRFS, bootloader issues, easyLife configuration and bogus error messages, codecs re-installation, multimedia playback - Flash and MP3, applications - defaults and extras, desktop effects & screenshots, resource usage, printing, stability, suspend & resume, other bugs and problems, and more. Have fun. And don't drink too much.

    http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/fedora-21-kde.html


    Cheers,
    Mrk
     
  2. AutoCascade

    AutoCascade Registered Member

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    I tried this out but I couldn't download Chromium and while I could download Chrome I couldn't get it to install. Given what I assume is a very high level of built in security if I had could have installed either I may have kept it.
     
  3. Baserk

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    Bitter and harsh environment, below-par outcome. Like spanish inquisition entree-level for linux newbs.
    The xfce-spin runs much better, thank Code.
     
  4. AutoCascade

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    I went back, hate feeling defeated, and installed Chrome. Now to get the right codecs for videos.
     
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