Tag Archives: Fedora

ThinkPad T500: Initial Fedora Report – Marvelous!

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Peter

Well, after receiving my ThinkPad T500, I set about tweaking the pre-installed Windows Vista, and spent most of the weekend attempting to get it dual-booting Vista and Fedora nicely. For better or worse, neither Fedora’s GRUB nor Windows’ BCD bootloader … Continue reading →

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Leonidas: On the Brink of Release

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Peter

With Fedora 11 (“Leonidas”) released earlier today and Rawhide looking to the future, I find myself instead looking back at what has made Leonidas such an excellent release. With over 50 new features in this release (more than any previous … Continue reading →

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Epiphany & WebKitGTK+: And so it begins…

Posted on May 31, 2009 by Peter

I just noticed that a few hours ago, Matthias Clasen committed Epiphany 2.27.2 to Fedora’s CVS and in the process switched the build to using WebKitGTK+. instead of Gecko/XULrunner. This means that, once the switch is flipped for rawhide to … Continue reading →

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I’m…geekin’ out!

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Peter

Right, so I just got back from seeing the premier showing of the recent Star Trek film at the GardenWalk IMAX with a bunch of friends, and I’m completely geeking out. Yes, there were some plot flaws in it (such … Continue reading →

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Offline After Nearly 7 Billion Rotations

Posted on April 8, 2009 by Peter

(That’s slightly more rotations than there people on Earth! ) With Spring Break giving me some much-needed time off from classes, I had some time to install and test the recently-released Fedora 11 Beta. While I do think there are … Continue reading →

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