I've never installed an alpha or beta package of just about anything, but I took a plunge today to install Fedora 16. I mainly did it for the "Online Accounts" feature for better Google integration with the desktop.
Upon restart, however, both Chromium and Firefox were broken, which really isn't much of a surprise. Happily, the one web browser I never use was instrumental is getting me back on my feet.
Epiphany is the stock web browser for the Gnome desktop. It resembles the look of Firefox, without all the setting "bells and whistles". I prefer the clean and unobtrusive look of Chromium (and/or Chrome). I especially like how removing the window banner brings the tabs right up to the top bar.
Speaking of the top bar, I'm still upset that the top bar does not behave like a task bar. Even though the quick links bar behaves like a taskbar, I have to move the mouse to see open apps. It just seems to me that F15/F16 is better suited for touchscreen laptops and/or tablets, but I think the top bar is my only complaint.
Linux, and specifically the Fedora distribution, is fun when things break or don't work. The fun is looking for solutions, or assisting the programmers to find a solution. The fruits of the fix are quite satisfying as well.
One thing, though: The "Verne" artwork is glorious.
Showing posts with label F15. Show all posts
Showing posts with label F15. Show all posts
11 October 2011
07 October 2011
F15 crashed again!
I really don't know what it is that I keep doing wrong, but Fedora 15 crashed again. Once I reinstalled, I went looking through the forums for my condition. Oddly enough, I found a close match, but it is old, and I can't figure out why I hadn't seen it sooner.
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=262617
The same thing happens every time. I'm minding my own business. I restart for whatever reason and I get this:
This is the forth time I have had to reinstall F15 (although this is the first time I have posted this condition). The thread above has instructions on moving around in the rescue environment, which I am terribly unfamiliar with.
I'm so glad I keep most of what I make on Google. I'm not much of a backer-upper.
http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=262617
The same thing happens every time. I'm minding my own business. I restart for whatever reason and I get this:
This is the forth time I have had to reinstall F15 (although this is the first time I have posted this condition). The thread above has instructions on moving around in the rescue environment, which I am terribly unfamiliar with.
I'm so glad I keep most of what I make on Google. I'm not much of a backer-upper.
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