The install is very clean and polished, but lacking applications and driver support. Its a great desktop for bare bones web browsing, but daily use needs lots of configuration.
Applications you use daily are not included in Fedora 1. so you have to add the 3rd party rpm repositories. 2. Then if you have the built in firewall turned on you have to add rules for bittorrent, etc. 3. Want to play video games? Have to install nvidia/ati drivers. 4. Want divx or mp3 codecs? Not installed. 5. Java or macromedia support for firefox? Not installed again. 6. NTFS support not installed, mp3s are prob on a NTFS parition. 7. Tweak away, ms fonts, VLC, x11 setup, etc.
Really, fedora isnt the best choice for a linux desktop for a beginner, you have too much configuration. Its a nice polished server OS, or bare basic workstation, but its limited due to licensing.
I'd recommend SuSE professional for a more complete install that you dont have to manually tweak. Ubuntu has the same problems as Fedora, applications/codecs are not included. There are 3rd party applications that close the loophole for ubuntu.
I stopped using Mandriva the last couple releases due to error prone installs if you dont use the default settings. It includes more of the applications you need, but you have to pay for support.
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Just how hard is it?
The install is very clean and polished, but lacking applications and driver support. Its a great desktop for bare bones web browsing, but daily use needs lots of configuration.
Applications you use daily are not included in Fedora
1. so you have to add the 3rd party rpm repositories.
2. Then if you have the built in firewall turned on you have to add rules for bittorrent, etc.
3. Want to play video games? Have to install nvidia/ati drivers.
4. Want divx or mp3 codecs? Not installed.
5. Java or macromedia support for firefox? Not installed again.
6. NTFS support not installed, mp3s are prob on a NTFS parition.
7. Tweak away, ms fonts, VLC, x11 setup, etc.
Really, fedora isnt the best choice for a linux desktop for a beginner, you have too much configuration. Its a nice polished server OS, or bare basic workstation, but its limited due to licensing.
I'd recommend SuSE professional for a more complete install that you dont have to manually tweak. Ubuntu has the same problems as Fedora, applications/codecs are not included. There are 3rd party applications that close the loophole for ubuntu.
I stopped using Mandriva the last couple releases due to error prone installs if you dont use the default settings. It includes more of the applications you need, but you have to pay for support.