I challenged myself to run some other distros earlier this year, and
after using openSUSE for a month or two, I then switched to Fedora for
the last couple of months. I was really impressed with Fedora 11 after
running the Beta & RC.<br><br>I was running the default version (GNOME), and it's come a long way since I had last used it in 2004 before switching to Ubuntu for a couple of years.<br><br>I can't speak to its performance in a VM, but on my Lenovo T61 it was quite responsive. I'd highly recommend it.<br>
<br>Paul<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:12 PM, Dan Armbrust <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com">daniel.armbrust.list@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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> (Hope Fedora 11 will NOT screw up my configurations;<br>
cross fingers)</blockquote></div><br></div>Good luck with that :)<br><br>I've pretty much given up on Fedora lately. It's been _ages_ since I've had a good upgrade experience with Fedora.<br><br>I grabbed 11 (kde version), tried to install it on a system that is currently running fedora core 6, and the live cd won't even boot. Kernel panic. Made a half-hearted attempt to get around it with various kernel options... didn't find anything. Most recent Ubuntu live cd boots just fine on the same hardware. <br>
<br>So then I installed it onto a virtual system (using Virtual Box) and it boots and installs slow as snot. After the initial install on the first boot, most of the kde desktop crashed.<br><br>I installed all of the available updates and restarted it - at least it doesn't crash now. But it is still really slow.<br>
<br>Looks like I'll be staying in Ubuntu land for a good while longer.<br><font color="#888888"><br>Dan<br><br>
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