Blog turned 5;

Blog turned 5;

running Kernel 3.4 on netbook,
android 2.3.3 on phone;

Still running Firefox; and Windows XP on one system ;)

Fedora 17; Hot Dog!

Quick first impressions.

installed Fedora 17 on an older 1024x600 netbook
stats:

• Acer Aspire 1 (black with the wavy cover)
• dual core hyper-threaded Intel atom N570
• 1 Gig Ram
• Intel integrated graphics Pineview GM, 1024x600
• WiFi recognized without a problem

installed: default gnome, 32 bit version.

OS history:
Previously was running Fedora 16, installed from a live usb stick;
then ran preupgrade to 17.

Process ran without issue; did take a long time:
I'm guessing that it would be faster to just re-install OS, keeping my /home directory.

First impressions:

seems a bit quicker;
new Gnome not too different;

one annoyance/ limitation:
some dialogs do not fit on this older system with the 600 pixel screen... could not see the bottom of some of the setup dialogs.

In a region with too many wifi networks, my VPN is off the bottom (again screen limitation?)

todo:
find a "netbook" skin for gnome; that is designed for the smaller screen.

Further notes:
(this entry will be updated a few times)

Power management
working.   I can suspend and resume, and mouse, wireless, screen all recover.
on this older system, resume is in seconds;  have not measured, would say no more than 5...

two finger mouse
working with this laptop;  tried it briefly;  then turned it off;
I do like and use the "scroll on right side" but I'm not using two finger moves yet.
-I still prefer a mouse, if I have the desk space.

External screen
working.
older laptop has VGA only, fedora picked it up. Tried dual monitor support;
the screen UI picked up both, but only set external to maximum of 1024x768
could not configure for higher...

Sound?
working; is a netbook with small speakers that are not loud.


Video Camera?
this may be an issue;
Skype, and SugarOS did seem to lock on using the Camera a few times;
now seems ok;  I have updated to current levels  kernel: 3.4.0-1.fc17.i686

SugarOS
working great, only the odd lockup with video camera

Chrome XOs?

running Fedora 17 with SugarOS UI on an older netbook.

found I could run google-chrome from the Sugar terminal.

The menu and tabs are not "sugarized", so you can maximize chrome, and it seems like it has taken over the system: