Fedora Core 8 on a T42?

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camdecoster · #1 Post by **camdecoster** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 5:39 pm

Has anyone here installed Fedora Core 8 on their T42 (or other T series thinkpads)? I am currently using Ubuntu 7.10 but am curious as to how FC8 runs. Please list any issues you are having if you reply.

amwus · #2 Post by **amwus** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 6:52 am

No hesitation for me... Fedora is much better and faster than ubuntu ! I use Feodra 7 on my R52 with no problemes.

Morover, it's the first distro that allowed me to compile tp_smapi modules ! And very fast !

I haven't tried Feodra 8 but i will as soon as my fan control program will work !

doog · #3 Post by **doog** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 6:08 pm

FC8 have a live CD?
That should give you a clue how it would match up.

I was just running Mandriva 08 on my R40.
That didn't run to bad and found everything on install.

amwus · #4 Post by **amwus** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:41 am

I think F8 has a live CD. I installed Fedora 7 Moonshine from a live cd. The install was very fast ! Faster than ubuntu.

I think there is a live cd.

camdecoster · #5 Post by **camdecoster** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 9:47 am

I downloaded the live cd and have been trying it out. I'm not sure it's worth switching. Fedora 8 does look nice though.

whizkid · #6 Post by **whizkid** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:08 am

They both use Gnome desktop so will look essentially identical. The main difference is package management and their founding philosophies, which determine which packages they include in their own repositories.

I have F8 on my T60, but have tried Ubuntu on my 600X. Ubuntu automatically loaded the closed source driver for my WiFi card, which was nice. It's a bit more work with Fedora, but I know Fedora very well and plan to stick with it.

thinklad · #7 Post by **thinklad** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 7:44 pm

I am dual booting Windows XP and Fedora 8 on my T30. It works fine except I can't get compiz to start everytime I log in. I can enable it once logged in though and then it's buttery smooth (even on my radeon 7500)

amwus · #8 Post by **amwus** » Fri Nov 23, 2007 2:31 am

I tried F8 yesterday but it doesn't work so well as F7... No sleep and suspend to disk, can't install ati fglrx driver correctly and other things like this...
I came back to F7wich works perfectly on my computer....

I will retry in a few months !

tadek · #9 Post by **tadek** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:59 pm

I am very much satisfied with F8 on my thinkpad T20. I see improvements over earlier versions. May be it is more memory consuming. With 256M RAM it does a lot of swap. You need definitely at least 512M. Both suspension and hibernation work well, after wake up network is on again. I use wifi based on atheros chipset so madwifi does everything. I run also F8 on my ASUS with intel core duo and nvidia graphics right from the first boot. I strongly suggest to try first CD live, install and then yum the other stuff. I case of troubles refer to: http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f8.html

Wolver · #10 Post by **Wolver** » Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:24 pm

I have it running on my T43...the only problems I am having is with WPA-encrypted networks...Other than that, it runs smooth

Fedora Core 8 on a T42?

Fedora Core 8 on a T42?

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