On 3/20/06, Matthew Connellan <mconne52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I just permanently deleted FC forever. You are better off with SUSE or > Slackware. > > > >From: "Xavier Higgins" <pyrophobicman@xxxxxxxxx> > >Reply-To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > >Subject: Re: Improvements? > >Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:25:51 -0500 > > > >On 3/20/06, Craig White <craigwhite@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 18:01 -0500, Xavier Higgins wrote: > > > > I downloaded FC5T2 when it first came out, and was appalled. There was > > > > a lack of so many things, I just switched to SuSE until the final came > > > > out. Well, it's out. I don't want to get stuck with something bad, so > > > > I wanted to ask a few questions. > > > > > > > > 1. Is there an "Everything" Install option? Lack of this was the main > > > > reson of avoiding test2. > > > ---- > > > no - but right click on any group and choose select all. Hardly seems to > > > be a deal breaker > > > ---- > > > > > > > > 2. Does Ndiswrapper work better than it did in c4? It locked up! > > > ---- > > > a lot of people got ndiswrapper working on FC-4, if that's what you > > > meant by c4. Perhaps you got something hosed up > > > ---- > > > > > > > > That's basically it, if anyone has any other comments (features, etc.) > > > > I and the other group members would like to hear. > > > ---- > > > I'm not sure that I would point to those things as the reason to use or > > > not use a distribution. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > > > fedora-list mailing list > > > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > > > > >Well, the Everything option was a way to get EVERY package on the > >discs (not just what's shown). If there's a way to get the extra > >packages through pirut, but not the web, that would be great. Pirut > >kept crashing on test2, so that gets annoying. I'm on wifi, so yeah. > >The Ndsiwrapper was a side question, and I could not get it to work. > >I'll try again. > > > >So is there a way to do this with Pirut (or other util)? > > > >poly-p man > > > >-- > >Registered linux user #386711 at > >http://counter.li.org > >-- > >There's no place like ~ > > > >-- > >fedora-list mailing list > >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > I'm almost at that point, I have been experimenting with distros. I have not decided against Fc5 yet. With the answer to these questions, I'll make a desicion. poly-p man -- Registered linux user #386711 at http://counter.li.org -- There's no place like ~
