Fedora to the Rescue

[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

I had been running Ubuntu on a Compaq Presario V5000 laptop
for some time.  After a few too many updates and upgrades, the
barnacles had gotten a bit thick.  I loaded 10.04 desktop but it
wouldn't deal with the Broadcom wi-fi chip.  I tried UE 2.7
with the same result.   Soooo ... I installed Fedora 13 and Fedora
worked with the wi-fi out of the box.

I tried to install Ubuntu 10.04 on my office machine after changing
video boards to an ATI 5670.  That change was made necessary
because Windows 7 broke some programs when the default Nvidia
driver was updated.    Ubuntu went blank.  I had to use UE 2.7
with "safe graphics" to get things going.  Fedora 13 worked out of
the box.

Congrats on a job well done!

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Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R     caf at omen.com   www.omen.com
Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications
   Omen Technology Inc      "The High Reliability Software"
10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231   503-614-0430