I downloaded the live CD, and was relieved to see that Fedora 8 includes support for the ICH7 audio in my Toshiba Satellite notebook. This was not the case with Fedora 7.

One thing missing from the GNOME live CD is the 'livecd-tools' package, which includes a nice utility to create a bootable USB Flash drive using a live CD ISO image. I wound up using Fedora 7's version of the tool to accomplish this task.

RobDLG

For codecs I'd still go with adding the livna repository. I tried that codec assistant that's built in and it led me to a site to buy codecs from fluendo for 7 euro.

life-slacker

Nice, a Linux post that isn't Ubuntu.

massysett

I've been running Fedora 8 beta for a couple months now and I'm pretty impressed! It still has a few hitches included possible dependency conflicts if you are using multiple external repos, but it's hardware support has been amazing for me (easier to get compiz fusion working than on Ubuntu 7.10), and it runs really smooth overall. The Fedora Guide is somewhat dated but may still be helpful for installing some things. Also check out www.fedoraforum.org/.

pwnedd

Still fails miserably at handling wireless on my laptop, but then again so did Ubuntu. Oh well, I guess I'll wait until I have some time to fight with Linux.

xxdesmus

CDE has it right, Werewolf is enough for me to give it another try. It won't be easy for Fedora to win me back from Ubuntu though.

migrainefarm

The ONLY reason I'm going to try it, and I do mean only reason, is because of the code name...

cde

This may give me cause to go back and actually try Fedora again. It has been a long time...and actually what made me leave Fedora was poor sound card support. I mean I am very happy with Ubuntu and Debian and like that way of life much better, but I might try fedora for the fun of it.

mrosedal

Anyone attempted to put it on a MacBook Pro? I am having issues with the wireless card with 7...

Also, has anyone tried the Cell SDK to see if it works with 8?

JoeLake

@fusion27: Give DamnSmallLinux a try.

cde

I've been using Ubuntu 7.10 at home and Fedora 7 here at work. There's no debate from me, the Gibbon's the easiest out of all the distros for me to fire up right "out of the box." I have an HP DV9200 CTO notebook that I haven't been able to get any distro (Fedora 7, Ubuntu 7.04 & 7.10, Open SuSE 10.3) to load right up on. My heart will go out to the first distro I can install on my notebook w/o jumping through 5,000 hoops and FC7 got the closest so I'm crazy exited to give Werewolf a run.

fusion27

I wanted to "liberate" my Toshiba A135-4427 from Vista (Home Premium), over a weekend i tried all other versions of Linux but the drivers for ethernet, sound or wifi where not working properly or not at all (RTL8101 Eth, Intel Prowireless that would not sign in and Realtek Sound)

I tried Fedora installing it from Gnome LiveCD and it "just worked" out of the box like a charm. (Strangely, the DVD did not recoignized my drivers).

Five notes: 1. Metacity Window Borders and GTK2 Themes are what makes your Fedora look different,

2. You can change the fedora logo by going to /home/USERNAME/.icons/Fedora/ and change the "start-here.png", they can be any shape (for those of you who want to recreate some other OS looks or put a vendor logo.

3. Ditch the version of totem that comes with fedora, add Livna repositories, and reinstall totem or even better, xine (which can play FLV's too if you install the Bad and Ugly codecs).

4. if you have the same laptop, create a panel to activate and deactivate the desktop effects (Video playback is choppy when on).

5. Wine is a must.

Give this distro a go! Google is your friend to find wikis that feature all the needed instructions to make this distro "Feature Complete".

whiskey