Hi all,
I finally got a 64 bit processor and have had a chance to run f14, both x32 and x64. I cannot express enough how incredible f14 is compared to every other fedora/redhat distro that I've used before. It was a surprise to see that x64 had fewer issues than the x32 version (though I have to admit I was a virgin to both).
I'm trying all the dog food. All GUI. All enforcing selinux.
With the addition of remi's and rpmfusion's repos I ended up with a stunning, almost out of the box, system. Since the days when RH only supported Matrox video cards that cost the equivalent of an auto's down-payment I have never had a blow-your- socks-off multimedia experience on any Linux system, that is, until now.
First and foremost: Once the monitor's HDMI video cable was connected to the onboard Intel video connector it came up in full resolution. First time since I bought it and never knew it was that nice! No xorg.conf, nothing. It just worked.
Second: NetworkManager works for me. As a cmdline, static IP edit-your-own-ifcfg, loves iproute2 kind of person, I was amazed. Haven't tried wireless yet.
Very impressive.
I have noticed some oddities, not sure which side of the keyboard, but those are for a separate post.
Awesome job everybody !!!
[my mail is still behaving badly; originally posted about 2 hours ago]
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Mike Wright