may 15, 2008Linux is back on my notebooks. It's Fedora 9 Sulpher. Here are my quick thoughts:
- Intel 3945abg works out of the box! This was true with Fedora 8 also.
- My Atheros-based card works out of the box! This was not true with Fedora 8 and I am so happy it is true with Fedora 9. ath5k finally works well.
- Suspend on my main notebook works flawlessly. It goes to sleep. It wakes up. Wireless works when it wakes up. No video wonkiness.
- It is fast, very fast. It does not feel as snappy as Ubuntu, but it is a good change from Fedora 7 and 8.
- USB stick installs with persistent data is so cool and useful. Now, instead of carrying just portable apps on my USB stick, I can carry a whole damn OS.
- The Add/Remove Software application sucks. So very slow on doing anything.
- I can finally play MP3s for free without hassle. Nice.
That's it for now. I like it. It's cool. I reinstalled my OEM Windows Vista in a VirtualBox VM and it's working fine.
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