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The Gnome 3.8.2 desktop of the Korora Gnome fllavour. There's also a high-calorie KDE Korora. Click the image to enlarge.[/caption]
I'm posting from a live USB boot of a Fedora-based, Linux distro called Korora, version 19. This is the first of the Linux distributions I've tested (including every Ubuntu from 12.04 to 13.10), which has been able to get on line using the HP Pavilion g6's built-in wireless card, a Ralink RT3290 802.11bgn Wi-Fi Adapter. I've not been a fan of Gnome 3, but, I could learn to love it. But one thing that interested me about Korara's Gnome version is that it's supposed to include the new "Gnome 2-ish" classic mode, which i assume can only be accessed in a full install. This review makes it sound like the Korora team is aiming at the Ubuntu audience. GIMP 2.8 is already installed, along with Firefox 22, and I noticed VLC. Nice.
The reviewer preferred the KDE version, but I confess that I have had too many negative experiences with KDE -- nothing has more trouble with the truncated resolution of a 10.1-inch netbook screen than a KDE application. "Yes Virginia, all the important application buttons are in the 40 pixels off the bottom edge of the Acer Aspire One's screen!"
Anyway, Korora 19 seems to run well on the Pavilion g6. One thing about the Live USB, made using the Windows version of Fedora's LiveUSB Creator, is that I didn't specify any persistence, yet I've been able to take screenshots, and save the (fuzzy) GIMP edit at the top of this post. I assume the saved file is only "saved" in RAM [it is], and won't be there on a second boot [it wasn't], but I didn't expect to be able to save anything. Shows how little I know.
Update -- Korora connected to the flakey McWi-Fi at the Broadway and Granville McDonalds -- It's so bad now, I normally use a nearby signal. So the previous success, in the Waves coffee shop at Broadway and Spruce, wasn't a one-off. Click the image to see the full screen.
The Gnome 3.8.2 desktop of the Korora Gnome fllavour. There's also a high-calorie KDE Korora. Click the image to enlarge.[/caption]I'm posting from a live USB boot of a Fedora-based, Linux distro called Korora, version 19. This is the first of the Linux distributions I've tested (including every Ubuntu from 12.04 to 13.10), which has been able to get on line using the HP Pavilion g6's built-in wireless card, a Ralink RT3290 802.11bgn Wi-Fi Adapter. I've not been a fan of Gnome 3, but, I could learn to love it. But one thing that interested me about Korara's Gnome version is that it's supposed to include the new "Gnome 2-ish" classic mode, which i assume can only be accessed in a full install. This review makes it sound like the Korora team is aiming at the Ubuntu audience. GIMP 2.8 is already installed, along with Firefox 22, and I noticed VLC. Nice.
The reviewer preferred the KDE version, but I confess that I have had too many negative experiences with KDE -- nothing has more trouble with the truncated resolution of a 10.1-inch netbook screen than a KDE application. "Yes Virginia, all the important application buttons are in the 40 pixels off the bottom edge of the Acer Aspire One's screen!"
Anyway, Korora 19 seems to run well on the Pavilion g6. One thing about the Live USB, made using the Windows version of Fedora's LiveUSB Creator, is that I didn't specify any persistence, yet I've been able to take screenshots, and save the (fuzzy) GIMP edit at the top of this post. I assume the saved file is only "saved" in RAM [it is], and won't be there on a second boot [it wasn't], but I didn't expect to be able to save anything. Shows how little I know.
Update -- Korora connected to the flakey McWi-Fi at the Broadway and Granville McDonalds -- It's so bad now, I normally use a nearby signal. So the previous success, in the Waves coffee shop at Broadway and Spruce, wasn't a one-off. Click the image to see the full screen.Cozying up to Windows 8 on the HP Pavilion g6 ►
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