vishalrao
The Global Village Idiot
OK, this thread is for posting your own reviews/experiences of Linux on the desktop so that we can have a "shootout" to figure out which is best for desktop use 🙂
I plan to test and report about OpenSuse 10.3 (with KDE), Ubuntu "Gutsy Gibbon" 7.10 (with GNOME) and Fedora 8 (also with GNOME), on both my home desktop, an old laptop and a new tablet PC. On my office desktop I have Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" 7.04 which is very nice.
Please post your hardware config and linux distro and version along with your installation/usage report with what is you think is good or bad, what (hardware/software) works and does not work for you etc..
I've already posted elsewhere about Ubuntu Gutsy Beta and OpenSuse 10.3 in their respective threads, will post the links here shortly.
We can end each "report" with a short summary/conclusion and a "pros and cons" section for quick reference.
What do you think?
My posts:
OpenSuse 10.3:
https://broadband.forum/linux/17096-opensuse-10-3-sneak-peek/#post118970
Ubuntu 7.10 beta:
https://broadband.forum/linux/16834-ubuntu-7-10-hotness/2/#post116878
https://broadband.forum/linux/16834-ubuntu-7-10-hotness/2/#post116938
Fedora 8 Test 3 (beta version 7.92) coming soon, probably tomorrow after my download finishes 🙂
edit:
Okay, here are my initial impressions about Fedora 8:
https://broadband.forum/linux/17155-fedora-8-a/2/#post119136
https://broadband.forum/linux/17155-fedora-8-a/2/#post119185
edit:
Here is my quick/first impressions of PCLinuxOS 2007:
https://broadband.forum/linux/17160-desktop-linux-shootout/4/#post120025
edit:
Tried out Mandriva One 2008.0, see https://broadband.forum/linux/17160-desktop-linux-shootout/5/#post120350
I plan to test and report about OpenSuse 10.3 (with KDE), Ubuntu "Gutsy Gibbon" 7.10 (with GNOME) and Fedora 8 (also with GNOME), on both my home desktop, an old laptop and a new tablet PC. On my office desktop I have Ubuntu "Feisty Fawn" 7.04 which is very nice.
Please post your hardware config and linux distro and version along with your installation/usage report with what is you think is good or bad, what (hardware/software) works and does not work for you etc..
I've already posted elsewhere about Ubuntu Gutsy Beta and OpenSuse 10.3 in their respective threads, will post the links here shortly.
We can end each "report" with a short summary/conclusion and a "pros and cons" section for quick reference.
What do you think?
My posts:
OpenSuse 10.3:
https://broadband.forum/linux/17096-opensuse-10-3-sneak-peek/#post118970
Ubuntu 7.10 beta:
https://broadband.forum/linux/16834-ubuntu-7-10-hotness/2/#post116878
https://broadband.forum/linux/16834-ubuntu-7-10-hotness/2/#post116938
Fedora 8 Test 3 (beta version 7.92) coming soon, probably tomorrow after my download finishes 🙂
edit:
Okay, here are my initial impressions about Fedora 8:
https://broadband.forum/linux/17155-fedora-8-a/2/#post119136
https://broadband.forum/linux/17155-fedora-8-a/2/#post119185
edit:
Here is my quick/first impressions of PCLinuxOS 2007:
https://broadband.forum/linux/17160-desktop-linux-shootout/4/#post120025
edit:
Tried out Mandriva One 2008.0, see https://broadband.forum/linux/17160-desktop-linux-shootout/5/#post120350