[H-GEN] Fedora Core 5 for PPC needed for the distro server.
Tony Nugent
tony at linuxworks.com.au
Tue Aug 8 23:46:21 EDT 2006
Speaking of Fedora Core 5...
I have it on a DVD that came with the June issue of Linux Magazine, but I
haven't tried it as yet. I'll planning to have a first look at it in a Vmware
box when I finally get some time. If it looks good then I'm thinking about
updating two or three other boxes that I have here.
What are other people's impressions of it? Is it worth the trouble?
- is it a big upgrade from FC4 (which I have used)?
- easy install and setup? (any issues? - are the default settings ok, etc?)
- does it have all the goodies for driving the hardware on a multi-media box
working with 3D video, 5.1 sound and video capture cards etc?
- does it have everything needed for building a decent server and router boxes?
- can it install and run on older CPUs and hardware as a slim install for
dedicated purposes on old sub-1Gb HDDs?
- is it using the latest versions of open office, samba, gimp, php, ldap, mysql,
and so on?
- any comments about its system and network management tools, and the default
user GUI setup?
- are there any major changes or big surprises?
I also have access to an athlon 64 - is there a 64bit FC5 version available, and
if so, has anyone tried it? Is it stable? Can I arrange to get a copy of the
install disks?
Cheers
Tony
> -----Original Message-----
> From: general-bounces at lists.humbug.org.au
> [mailto:general-bounces at lists.humbug.org.au] On Behalf Of Ted Percival
> Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2006 11:32 AM
> To: general at lists.humbug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [H-GEN] Fedora Core 5 for PPC needed for the distro server.
>
> I will bring the Fedora Core 5 PPC DVD ISO to the next HUMBUG
> meeting for it to be put on cluster.
>
> (It was much simpler to say that than cherry-pick quotes from
> previous messages for context.)
>
> Or the brief acronym-only version:
> HUMBUG: FC5 PPC DVD ISO
>
> -tedp
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