Actually, I've had a much better experience with FC2, though I'm certainly not "Joe Sixpack."
Like the author, I normally *only* do clean installs, but this time, I was in a hurry and decided to try an upgrade from my FC1 install. In general, everything I've tried has worked, though I haven't pushed the system very hard. Some things, such as my mp3 modules for XMMS, seem to have survived the upgrade. Most of my configuration options rolled forward successfully, though I had to Google for a fix to some of my X settings to move from XFree86 to X.org.
The one annoying problem is in the programs menu. For some reason, I now have TWO copies of each program. Since there has never been a decent Start menu editor in Gnome (that I know of), I don't know where these are, or how to weed out the items left over from FC1. I don't even know if they will work if I click on them, or if they'll horribly break my system.
One comment I've seen numerous times, and really don't understand, is about broken nVidia drivers. Off the top of my head, I don't remember the model I have, but it's an older PCI nVidia TNT card (RIVA 32Meg). For each and every FC1 kernel update, I've had to go back to the build file and re-compile and install the module for the new kernel. It's a pain, but I've gotten used to it. When I upgraded to the 2.6 kernel, I went back to that file and built again, and it just worked. I don't like the way nVidia deals with their drivers, but once I figured out how to do the builds, I've never had a problem with them.
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Posted by: Administrator on May 28, 2004 10:59 PMLike the author, I normally *only* do clean installs, but this time, I was in a hurry and decided to try an upgrade from my FC1 install. In general, everything I've tried has worked, though I haven't pushed the system very hard. Some things, such as my mp3 modules for XMMS, seem to have survived the upgrade. Most of my configuration options rolled forward successfully, though I had to Google for a fix to some of my X settings to move from XFree86 to X.org.
The one annoying problem is in the programs menu. For some reason, I now have TWO copies of each program. Since there has never been a decent Start menu editor in Gnome (that I know of), I don't know where these are, or how to weed out the items left over from FC1. I don't even know if they will work if I click on them, or if they'll horribly break my system.
One comment I've seen numerous times, and really don't understand, is about broken nVidia drivers. Off the top of my head, I don't remember the model I have, but it's an older PCI nVidia TNT card (RIVA 32Meg). For each and every FC1 kernel update, I've had to go back to the build file and re-compile and install the module for the new kernel. It's a pain, but I've gotten used to it. When I upgraded to the 2.6 kernel, I went back to that file and built again, and it just worked. I don't like the way nVidia deals with their drivers, but once I figured out how to do the builds, I've never had a problem with them.
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