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I was user of nvidia video card and I was happy to use it in F7 and F8 but unfortunately I replaced that card with a newer one. That time the card was ATI. Of course I did not check if that card is supported in Fedora 9 (I have to blame myself) and just took it. Recently I noticed the news about that how "open" ATI would be in the future. And now I experience their "openness" with my computer. After the fresh install of my Fedora I downloaded the RPM file for the Livna repository with the intention to install the video drivers for the new video card. And you can only imagine what was my reaction to see no drivers in the repository. There were only some testing and development packages and I took the risk to install them. The result was - hanging system with and without reason.

In the following story I will explain you how I made to work my laptop with Fedora. No, not my opinion or expectations of it but how I made it to work, what were my difficulties and how I solved them. At the previous part of the article I talked about the perfect symbiosis of my new laptop and Fedora. Yes and no. Of course I am surprised and excited of the work and I really expected more troubles but there is a lot more to be done.

One of the things that many people buying new computer or other hardware consider is the hardware compatibility with GNU/Linux. Actually many people do not even think about that. They just go to the shop, buy something that they liked and after that go home and install some distribution. And logically, after some hours of effort they start complaining around the forums how GNU/Linux is stupid operating system and how they can not run their computer/hardware on it. So, what mistake that user make all the time?

Recently I purchased new laptop - A Toshiba A300D. Although my first computer was randomly chosen with absolutely no pre-purchase selection that laptop was very carefully selected among many others. So, I knew that it should work at least at the minimum level with my favourite GNU/Linux distribution - Fedora. To be honest I planed to put on that laptop another distribution - Mandriva. Not because I did not like the last version of Fedora but because I got some kind exhausted of that distribution. I do not know how other users work but I need to change the distro from time to time. I have tried Freespire, Debian for a while, SuSE 9.x for a bit longer, and Mandriva. But I always returned to my favourite one - Fedora.

This article is very different from the others. Why? Just because it is not written on a paper but a video. It tries to show the user a simple short view at Fedora in a real example. From that look the user could decide if that operating system is for him/her or not.Fedora is brilliant GNU/Linux distribution but when the user tries something for the first time there are always some precautions and doubts about that thing. And if that thing does not satisfy the needs of the user then it would be immediately blamed and wiped out of the hard drive. The current article aims to save you that spent time and troubles. A simple look and just several minutes would be spent instead of hours in installation, configuration and searching of the right answers.

Linux Installfest HOWTO provides information that could help you with the organization of a successful installfest. What is the definition of a successful installfest? Basically when the people are happy after such an event then that means the installfest went O.K. and it is successful. This howto is one of the documents need update and for that reason it is in the wiki. So, you all could help that document to become better.

How the documentation is important to the GNU/Linux world? Why we need a documentation? Basically this is crucial point for any project. The documentation is something like a gate to the project, new users go through that gate to enter in the project and if that gate is broken the user could go in the wrong direction.

For the first time I tried fedora I was really frustrated from the operating system. I would admit it was (and still is) a great one but the thought about migration is difficult enough. At that time I was migrating from SuSE 9.3, it was so nice and comfortable distro but I left it for Fedora.