My Fedora 15 beta experiences so far

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On 05/13/2011 01:55 PM, alan at clueserver.org wrote:
> I have to admit, this is the most painful Fedora installation I have ever
> done. (And I have used them all.)
> 

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> 
> The reason I went to this version when I did was due to a sort of double
> bind.  Fedora 13 uses 2.6.34. USB3 does not work well with that kernel. (I
> have already spoken with the maintainer. She thinks she knows the cause
> and is going to backport the patch.) 2.6.35+ works with USB3, but another
> program I use often does not work with my hand-rolled kernel. (Threading
> issue.) Upgrade seemed like a good option. Now I am not so sure.


  Alan - could you just do a F14 build of 2.6.38.x kernel from the F15
source RPM available on koji (or 2.6.39.x once its out) ... its what I'm
doing ... it will most likely get you what you need from F15, by the
sounds of things, and leave you otherwise where you are  ...