using fedora on asus K52f

[niek hofman]

Hi ,

I am new in open source OS. I am looking arround for the os for my Asus K52F . Now is
fedora 19 stable for this laptop? Are there any users here with this laptop that are
running fedora 19 without any problems? Hope someone cab help me out .

best regards niek

[Martin S]

On Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:06:18 PM niek hofman wrote:


Hi ,


I am new in open source OS. I am looking arround for the os for my Asus K52F . Now 
is fedora 19 stable for this laptop? Are there any users here with this laptop that are 
running fedora 19 without any problems? Hope someone cab help me out .

While waiting for someone using this, generally I think Fedora 19 is pretty stable on 
laptops. A quick Google reveiled that Ubuntu runs well on the Asus. I'm running it 
without problems on my HP Probook 4530s - laptops were much more problematic a 
few years back (maybe even many years back) when the WIFI was a hit-or-miss affair.

/M.



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[Chris Bredesen]

On 08/23/2013 01:08 AM, Martin Skjöldebrand wrote:
>  On Thursday, August 22, 2013 12:06:18 PM niek hofman wrote:
>
>  Hi ,
>
>
>  I am new in open source OS. I am looking arround for the os for my Asus
>  K52F . Now is fedora 19 stable for this laptop? Are there any users here
>  with this laptop that are running fedora 19 without any problems? Hope
>  someone cab help me out .
>
>  While waiting for someone using this, generally I think Fedora 19 is
>  pretty stable on laptops. A quick Google reveiled that Ubuntu runs well
>  on the Asus. I'm running it without problems on my HP Probook 4530s -
>  laptops were much more problematic a few years back (maybe even many
>  years back) when the WIFI was a hit-or-miss affair. 
One good way to answer your question is to download the live media and 
give it a try!

The most prominent option on the download landing page is the 
installable live media which will run from USB drive:

http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora

-Chris

[Darryl L. Pierce]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 07:27:14AM -0400, Chris Bredesen wrote:
>  One good way to answer your question is to download the live media
>  and give it a try!
>  
>  The most prominent option on the download landing page is the
>  installable live media which will run from USB drive:
>  
>  http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora 
+1

And, on top of that, you can even avoid sacrificing a DVD or CD by
putting the image on a thumbdrive. With a dedicated partition for home
you can play for a few days to see if it meets your needs.

-- 
Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce(a)gmail.com&gt;
http://mcpierce.fedorapeople.org/
"What do you care what people think, Mr. Feynman?"

[Chris Bredesen]

On 08/23/2013 02:17 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>  On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 07:27:14AM -0400, Chris Bredesen wrote:
> > One good way to answer your question is to download the live media
> > and give it a try!
> >
> > The most prominent option on the download landing page is the
> > installable live media which will run from USB drive:
> >
> > http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
>
>  +1
>
>  And, on top of that, you can even avoid sacrificing a DVD or CD by
>  putting the image on a thumbdrive. With a dedicated partition for home
>  you can play for a few days to see if it meets your needs. 
And what a sacrifice it would be since I believe that device is an 
ultrabook and lacks optical media ;)

-CB

[Darryl L. Pierce]

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 02:23:44PM -0400, Chris Bredesen wrote:
>  On 08/23/2013 02:17 PM, Darryl L. Pierce wrote:
>  >On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 07:27:14AM -0400, Chris Bredesen wrote:
>  >>One good way to answer your question is to download the live media
>  >>and give it a try!
>  >>
>  >>The most prominent option on the download landing page is the
>  >>installable live media which will run from USB drive:
>  >>
>  >>http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora
>  >
>  >+1
>  >
>  >And, on top of that, you can even avoid sacrificing a DVD or CD by
>  >putting the image on a thumbdrive. With a dedicated partition for home
>  >you can play for a few days to see if it meets your needs.
>  
>  And what a sacrifice it would be since I believe that device is an
>  ultrabook and lacks optical media ;) 
Ah, I wasn't even thinking about that, just about how easy it is to
setup live media on a thumbdrive. :)

-- 
Darryl L. Pierce <mcpierce(a)gmail.com&gt;
http://mcpierce.fedorapeople.org/
"What do you care what people think, Mr. Feynman?"