FC2 TEST 1 review

[bsm2004]

My Expierence with FC2 TEST1

System
MB: ASUS P4S800
CPU: P4 2.6GHZ W/HT ENABLED
RAM: 1024MB PC2100
HDA: MAXTOR 6Y120P0 120GB UATA 133
HDB: MAXTOR 4K040H2 40GB UATA 100
HDC: GENERIC 56X CDROM
HDD: I/O MAGIC 52X24X52 CDRW
FD0: GENERIC FDD 1.44
LAN: O/B SIS 900
USB: 6 OB
VID: BFG ASYLUM NVIDIA GeForce FX 5600 Ultra 128MB w/DVI/SV/VGA OUT
MON: MICROTEK 815C 18.1" LCD FLATPANEL

NETWORK: Cable thru toshiba C/M to efficentnetworks speedstream 2 port dsl/cable router w/nat/portforwarding using

dhcp

Installation: Very good recognized all HW 5+

No Screen Shots yet

Ease of use: 3
Have problems accessing win share vfat cannot change the permissions so unable to write to it. Only root can write to

it. Network very sluggish on sites otherthan fedora and limited others. sometimes will not load just hangs.

Features: 2
The new Gnome sucks Have to many windows open just to get to files. I liked the older nautilus where you could
browse the tree and get to the folders and files much easier. Gnome tends to hang alot. have to ctl+alt+bksp
up2date would only install no more than 20 rpms at a time any mor than that it would freeze and ^ ^ ^ ^ ^.

Good features But I think that should have stuck with Gnome 2.4 much more stable
The option of being able to use ntfs read/write sopport If you have the fs on your comp.



My Background.

mostly windows but been using linux since 2001.
no training in comp. but build my own systems.
Love the fact that linux gives me the security and stability that win*&^s will never have.

had to post from windows because of being unable to reach this site in FC2.

[Ug]

RC1 is still an alpha don't forget!

Are those marks out of 5?

[bsm2004]

yes the marks are out of 5.

all went well and yes I know it is still alpha.

But it did install an the updates were 600+ mb total.

I will keep the install and update once a week. and update as things get better.

so far it it is the only one I have got to install without crashing during install.

[Bana]

Just to avoid confusion: I went ahead and moved this to the review forum where it would be the flagship thread :p

[Ug]

I had contemplated doing that. I tend to move things about quite a bit :p

[vatachino]

bsm2004 wrote: "Have problems accessing win share vfat cannot change the permissions so unable to write to it. Only root can write to it"

You need to edit your /etc/fstab file to add your uid and gid - this will give you full access to your vfat partition as yourself:

/dev/hda2 /C vfat defaults,uid=390,gid=302 0 0

(to find out your uid and gid, one way is to use the id command)