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I have installed Fedora 10 and now 11. I really like how Fedora 11 boots in about 20 seconds! I have a new Dell Inspiron and the bios boot time is about 0 seconds. I used the bios to switch out the crazy function key mode. 2009-08-04

I installed Fedora 9 back in May: everything still works. However, it took about a month for one small problem with the graphics to be worked out. 2008-08-10

I installed the testing kernel 2.6.24.3-22.fc8 and now everything works; I really do enjoy the emerald decorator.

I tried the iwl394 driver again and now it works; Wonderful, but with the 2.6.24.3-12 kernel, there is a problem with the intel video; From Xorg.0.log:
(EE) intel(0): Could not initialize the DRM memory manager.
Here is the bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=433728

Just after a kernel update one would have to reboot before being able to build the ipw3945 driver, since the make scripts rely on the uname program. So instead of rebooting, I created a "uname" script that returns the new kernel version and placed it under /root/bin and added /root/bin in PATH before all others.

I installed Fedora 8 on my notebook (dell inspiron 640m). Everything works with no extra effort except the wireless. So I added the ATrpms to install support for my wireless (ipw3945). The default iwl3945 almost worked: it showed all access points and even connected, but I could never get out; Pinging the connected-to-wireless router did not work ... crazy. Actually, the atrpms were very slow at getting a build that matched the latest updated kernel for Fedora 8, so I just downloaded the source code and build it myself.

I got "Harry Potter 7" at 2007-07-21 00:10 at Borders store 0001 (Ann Arbor). They had a crazy pre-line Friday morning which I also stood at so that my finial wait was short (10 minutes after midnight). They gave out different colored and styled wristbands at the preline. 2007-07-22

I installed Fedora 7 on my notebook (dell inspiron 640m). Everything works with no extra effort except the wireless. So I added the ATrpms to install support for my wireless (ipw3945).

I installed Fedora Core 6 on my notebook (dell inspiron 640m). The desktop effects work when I use the "i810" driver in xorg.conf (thanks Intel!). The install incorrectly selected i586 instead of i686 so I only had one core working and it had no speed control. To fix, I just did a yum remove of the kernel and then a yum install of the i686 kernel. After a reboot, I then added the ATrpms to install support for my wireless (ipw3945).

I installed Fedora Core 6 on my family desktop computer. I just had to add the rpm.livna.org repo and then I did a simple yum install the nvidia module in order to turn on the desktop effects.

It is colder outside now, so I can only work a few hours per day outside. I guess for winter I will have to work more in my office; but I will move things around.

I recently bought a notebook computer (Dell 640m) for $800. I run Fedora Core 5 on it and found that the ATrpms are wonderful.

I spend several hours each day working outside on my front porch with my notebook now. It is brilliant.

For years I worked in my home office (a spare bedroom). I feel wonderfully free now.

I do not anticipate every wanting to use a workstation ever again; FC6 and Compiz will just make using a notebook that much better.