{"id":11,"date":"2006-03-21T15:48:42","date_gmt":"2006-03-21T19:48:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/46.19.32.152\/blog\/?p=11"},"modified":"2006-03-21T16:46:09","modified_gmt":"2006-03-21T20:46:09","slug":"fedora-core-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fitzsim.org\/blog\/?p=11","title":{"rendered":"Fedora Core 5"},"content":{"rendered":"

Installation and Setup<\/strong><\/p>\n

I installed Fedora Core 5 on my IBM ThinkPad T41 last night. I’ll go through a few minor annoyances before the good news:<\/p>\n

– NetworkManager wasn’t the default and I couldn’t find a way to enable it through the GUI (not that I should have to explicitly enable it anyway). I ended up dropping to the terminal and running it manually. Bug 171348<\/a><\/p>\n

– After I got wireless networking working I wanted to be able to click on an MP3 link in Firefox and have the MP3 play automatically. So I installed the GStreamer plugins. When I clicked on an MP3, HelixPlayer was the selected default. But HelixPlayer started up and threw up its usual “format not supported… download?” dialog. So I uninstalled it. The next default was Rhythmbox. It started up but didn’t play anything automatically, and I couldn’t figure out how to play the file manually. So I uninstalled it. The next default was Totem, which worked perfectly. Bug 154392<\/a><\/p>\n

There are 36 open bugs for Rhythmbox in Fedora Bugzilla but none that describes what I was seeing. I’ll have to file a new one.<\/p>\n

– I tried to install the Eclipse and Java Development groups but Pup failed with “no more mirrors to try”. Bug 184326<\/a><\/p>\n

The servers were probably busy last night so I’ll try again later.<\/p>\n

Various media types weren’t supported out-of-the-box, obviously, but I installed the “GStreamer Universe” from GStreamer’s excellent FC5 web page<\/a> and was very happy with the results. Most media types worked perfectly in Totem.<\/p>\n

Installing the GStreamer repo files could have been smoother. It would be nice if pirut were the default handler for .repo files. Bug 186112<\/a><\/p>\n

Impressions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Apart from these minor annoyances I’m very happy with this release. The new installer worked well, bootup feels much faster, all my laptop’s hardware worked out-of-the-box, sleep-on-lid-close works, NetworkManager eliminates manual network management, a few simple steps allow GStreamer to provide good media support. I’m very pleased that release-by-release I require fewer and fewer hacks to make Fedora into a comfortable, complete environment. In most cases in the past, these hacks involved installing unintegrated proprietary software.<\/p>\n

Fedora Core 6<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are still places in Fedora Core 5 where such hacks are required. Three that stand out are:<\/p>\n

– playing web-page-embedded audio and video<\/p>\n

– Flash<\/p>\n

– Java applets<\/p>\n

I’m hoping that the free equivalents (GStreamer, Gnash and gcjwebplugin) will eliminate the need for these hacks in Fedora Core 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Installation and Setup I installed Fedora Core 5 on my IBM ThinkPad T41 last night. I’ll go through a few minor annoyances before the good news: – NetworkManager wasn’t the default and I couldn’t find a way to enable it through the GUI (not that I should have to explicitly enable it anyway). I ended … <\/p>\n

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