On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 7:09 AM, Darryl L. Pierce dpierce@redhat.com wrote: [SNIP]
But does Fedora 15 "require high end hardware"? No, it doesn't. You can run other desktops, such as XFCE (which you mention as well), and still run all of the same apps.
So while Gnome 3 may require better video hardware than was available on an eight year old machine, that doesn't mean Fedora 15 itself requires that better hardware.
I've thus far been a lurker on this thread but now I'm curious...
One thing to think about is defining what exactly is "high end hardware"?
Unless something has changed I remember reading a thread where Fedora 15 is the first release where 512MB of memory is not enough for an install, which means unless I upgrade, my netbook is stuck at F14.
I'm not saying that most systems even 4+ years ago will not have 1GB or more, but I think it's better to talk specifics rather than generalities.
Thanks, Richard