On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 01:51, Dave Russell wrote: > > Another option would be to install the free VMware server under > > an OS version that works and install FC5 as a vmware guest. Even > > that takes some extra steps to work around the changes in > > FC5, but it should work. > > To be honest, I just want a stable linux workstation, I'd much prefer it > to be FC5, but that looks unlikely at the moment. A current fedora version rarely fits any definition of 'stable', although you seem to have some peculiar hardware issue. > I might go back to FC4, or off to ubuntu for a bit, come back for FC6. If you don't mind somewhat out of date apps (approx. FC3 vintage with updates), Centos 4.3 is about as stable as you'll find: http://www.centos.org/modules/news/article.php?storyid=125 and installation and administration style matches fedora. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx