fresh install observations
Clint Harshaw
clint at penguinsolutions.org
Tue Nov 9 17:14:23 UTC 2004
Have a fresh install here and a handful of items are worth noting:
The default Gnome login looks more "Gnomish" than it previously did. For
example the task bar with Applications and Actions is at the top of the
screen, while a window list appears at the bottom.
Mozilla isn't among the menu items in Internet, although Mozilla-Mail is
there. However, if the user starts mozilla from the command line, it's
there. I wonder why it was left off the menu?
When starting KDE, we have the bouncing "Autostart" icon for a good
30-45 seconds -- I thought this bug was fixed back in FC2, no?
The windows have a nice rounded effect to them. Though in KDE, we still
have the annoyance that a hover over the "X" on a window turns oddly
into a double-headed arrow. (Thought that got some attention back in FC2
also, but maybe not.)
SELinux is enabled by default, but the user can disable it when
installing/upgrading.
The command prompt in Gnome terminal looks slightly different:
old look:
[fred at localhost fred]$
new look:
[fred at localhost ~]$
no biggie, there, obviously.
The printer icon is not on among those on the task bar, like it used to
be. It didn't need to be there in the first place, heh. I do wish the
terminal icon was a part of the default task bar (I know it's easy to
add, but I think it ought to be there by default.)
yum's got a different configuration setup -- I guess we'll have plenty
of FAQ's about that. It'll be a big help to get some sample yum.conf's
or files available.
That's all for now!
Clint
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