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solarismka

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« on: 14 November 2003, 22:04 »
I was wondering if anyone here know anmything about the distro fedora.  If it anything like RH9? would it break anything?  do I have to reinstall the whole os?  or could I install it like an upgrade on top of  red hat?  Is it even worth switching from red hat?
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« Reply #1 on: 14 November 2003, 22:33 »
fedora one... is pretty much red hat 10, redhat is basically just changing its name. Think of fedora as the next version of redhat.
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« Reply #2 on: 15 November 2003, 00:45 »
the main difference, according to RH, is that Fedora is a community project, instead of a company product. i do not know how it will compare with redhat, but many of the people who made redhat9 are working on the fedora project. i would imagine the upgrade would be compatible, but i do not know

it will be worth switching to fedora from redhat if you do not want to use the enterprise edition. since redhat (personal edition, or whatever they called it) will no longer be under development, it is a good idea to switch if that is what you currently use.

When i get around to downloading a version of fedora, i will no use the upgrade ability (if they have the option). i always install a fresh copy of any operating system when i do an install. this is mostly because of a bad habbit of being a windows user, and i'm not sure if it would affect much in linux, but who knows.
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« Reply #3 on: 15 November 2003, 21:48 »
I'm using Fedora right now.

Let me say...Looks Like Redhat, Smells like Redhat, it must be redhat.
I installed a fresh OS, and I don't believe the upgrade thingy works, though I don't see why not.  Basically, it is redhat 9 with a few tweaks (which are very nice might I add) It seems to be a touch more responsive than redhat 9.0...but this is a much faster computer as well. *shrugs*

anyway.  It comes packaged with all the newest versions of the programs RH9 had, and a few new things (tuxracer preinstalled!) They also removed the Galeon and other browser they had and replaced them with the traditional Mozilla and a browser I think they made themselves.  What else...hmm.  The desktop looks and feels like Windows actually, so I recomend it for people just coming off a windows box, it's like an old pair of underwear, just comfortable...but somehow dirty.  Installation, they used the good old anaconda GUI.  they added support for serial Hard Drives (thank you very much!) it has problems with laptops on install.  Also, x86 has a bug that won't recognize the radeon9600 pro graphics card, and forcing it to use it results in freezing (total system failure) all in all, it is RedHat 10 with a new name and a modified appearance.  They also removed the lines of words on bootup and replaced it with a status bar on a aesthetically pleasing background.

overall, it's fairly stable, and good for noobs...but why won't they install a Java VirtualMachine?  SuSe did...I can never get the damn thing to work...oh well...enough of me.  Night y'all.
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« Reply #4 on: 15 November 2003, 11:50 »
Thanks for the replies    :D     I think maby i'll just try it.

No harm in that.  Can't wait to see more reviews of it though.  

I agree, packaging java would be great with RH and would mean less work!

If you want to get java running just download the package @ sun.java.com

then symlink the apropriate plugin.  If your using a fairly updated mozilla/netscape package then you would want ns610-gcc32.

Before you go futher though, su root.

you can get the install instructions
 here for linux


I installed my package in opt and i'm using netscape for my browser wich is installed in /usr/local/

So after following the installation instructions,

just cd over to /usr/local/netscape/pugins <-or where ever your browser that your using is installed.

Then symlink the plugin using the ln -s command with /directory/thatpoints/to java/plugin.

For me this would be.

ln -s /opt/j2sdk_nb/j2sdk1.4.2/jre/plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32/libjavaplugin_oji.so


Hope that helps

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« Reply #5 on: 15 November 2003, 15:05 »
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why won't they install a Java VirtualMachine?


Because fedora is made up of free software only.
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« Reply #6 on: 17 November 2003, 00:54 »
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Originally posted by -=Solaris.M.K.A=-:
I was wondering if anyone here know anmything about the distro fedora.  If it anything like RH9? would it break anything?  do I have to reinstall the whole os?  or could I install it like an upgrade on top of  red hat?  Is it even worth switching from red hat?


I upgraded my RedHat 9 partition with Fedora core one, no need for a fresh reinstall.
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