Linux.com: Fedora Core 2: Making It Work

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 7, 2004

“Recently I concluded my review of Fedora Core 2 (FC2) on
Linux.com with the words, ‘It’s an important step in the evolution
of Linux… but I won’t be using it for production work anytime
soon.’ What a difference a month makes–I am now using FC2 for
production work. Here’s how I got around the distro’s
deficiencies.

“Getting FC2 to a state of desktop readiness is a task that
requires a medium amount of skill and will probably take close to a
full day for the first workstation (assuming that you have a
high-speed Internet connection). Subsequent installs should go more
quickly; indeed, I intend for my students to get most of it done
during their first three-hour class…”

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Related Story:
Linux.com:
Review: Fedora Core 2
(Jun 01, 2004)

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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