First impressions of Fedora 5

Downloading the DVD version was tough. It stalled out twice at 99% complete. I eventually used the G3 to get it via Bittorrent. The install process took two hours. As before the Fedora/RedHat folks just don't get it. I do not have a Laptop. I do not want "chat". I'm not on dial-up/DSL. I do not have a Palm Pilot. I do not want a Personal Information Manager (PIM). So why do they install the stuff after I specifically make it a point to take it out? At least they fixed the problem with the power management software suspending programs.

The updates took longer than the installation but not as long as it took to download the DVD. The first time I ran the updates it looked as though it would take all night. I just shut it down and started again this afternoon. The key to doing updates is to do the critical ones first and then divide the remainder into multiple sessions. This way something gets installed.

It's interesting to see Windows isn't the only bloated operating system anymore. I have so much garbage running on my machine, it is far slower than it was with Fedora 2.

Again the default is Gnome for the Window manager. I used "switchdesk -kde" to change to something more familiar. They also defaulted to a graphic login. I edited "/etc/inittab" to fix the problem.

Before I get back to fixing things up... CHECK YOUR GEOGRAPHY PEOPLE! CANADA IS NOT PART OF THE UNITED STATES NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU WANT IT TO BE! FIX THE TIMEZONE AND LOCALE SETTINGS!