Do I find Fedora Linux Buggy Or Unstable?

The last Windows operating system I used is XP and although it isn't

buggy or unstable, security is far and wide atrocious. The first 15

minutes of using XP, my personal computer PC is already infected by

malware and virus but as long as you don't connect to the Internet

you're okay. That was 2001.

I have used Debian, Ubuntu and OpenSuse since 2007, hopping from

one distribution to the other as long as I can find a spare PC or laptop.

I really have settled on Fedora for personal taste and preferences. I

like GNOME and Fedora brings GNOME fresh to my PC. Of course it

wasn't love at first sight a few releases back. Fedora's installer

needed work and important repos like for the NVIDIA drivers and

proprietary music and video codecs are difficult to enable. It wasn't

for somebody who's just starting out his journey in Linux land.

Since then, open source graphics drivers have changed the world for

me. I don't hunt for drivers nowadays. Printers and scanners seemed

to work like magic when I connect to a LAN. I find it surprising that

co-workers who are using Macs and Windows laptops are unable to

detect printers when my laptop can. That's a marked switch of places.

No I don't find Fedora Linux unstable. If you need something that's

more unchanging, you can try other distributions like Debian's stable

channel. I like the way Fedora has changed my attitude towards

system updates. Since using Fedora (starting with 20) every update

has made my system happier. i look to the next update like it's

breakfast. Yes I do it everyday. Now compare that to what Microsoft

is doing with the big Windows 10 update coming up.

Blogger since August 2007.

Linux user since 2004.

Fedora 23 Kernel 4.2 GNU/Linux

Appindicator In Natty Ubuntu 11.04

Previously ranted about the blind alley Ubuntu 11.04 seemed to be leading us when it comes to some applications not being ready yet for the dropping of system tray. What I should have done is press on. There are posts about editing a white list with a recommended GUI tool to help us out here , here and here . Like everything in Linux, there's a configuration file for it, if you can find it and if you have the inclination to go ninja. If not then there's dconf-editor. Download dconf-tools from Software Center. Navigate to desktop>unity>panel. Add your application in the white list. Then close the window. No save button. mmm. So far I have added Shutter, Dropbox and Keepassx in the white list. Before... After.

Evolution Mail on GNOME 3.26

There's a slight change in the user interface. A To Do column now appears to the rightmost after the GNOME 3.26 update. Also there's a noticeable stability increase, what with goa-daemon stopping its RAM usage creep. I don't have to kill it every couple of hours.

New Converge ICT Plan Max with Sky Now

I pulled the trigger on Converge Max plan 400Mbps with Sky channels. I went to their sales office and asked for the upgrade. No charge at all and they didn't ask me to return the old modem. It looks like they will pull it when they install the new modem.e It came with a black box for the TV. The configuration is easy but it took me 3 days to figure out the Wired connection. It should be fine except I have to jiggle it in the config (GUI). Turn 802.1x on and off to finally connect. Here's the speed for the Wired connection:

Danny's Space

Search This Blog