Re: First f17 install -- on an ee701

2012-11-01 Thread Joe Zeff
On 11/01/2012 11:59 AM, Alan Evans wrote: My workstations are still Fedora, and I'm awkwardly trying to learn KDE because I can't stomach GNOME 3. But Fuduntu seems to be designed with a mind toward the netbook. If KDE doesn't turn out to be what you like, try Xfce; I've been very happy with

Re: First f17 install -- on an ee701

2012-11-01 Thread Alan Evans
FWIW, my netbook switched to Fuduntu (fuduntu.org) some time ago and it seems like a really good fit, especially if you prefer GNOME 2. My workstations are still Fedora, and I'm awkwardly trying to learn KDE because I can't stomach GNOME 3. But Fuduntu seems to be designed with a mind toward the n

Re: First f17 install -- on an ee701

2012-10-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
On 10/31/2012 06:02 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: On 10/31/2012 02:47 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am a bit stubborn and am working within the Gnome 3 model. At some point I am going to have to work with Win8 either on the family machines or work, and knowing how to get a tablet GUI working on a mouse-b

Re: First f17 install -- on an ee701

2012-10-31 Thread Joe Zeff
On 10/31/2012 02:47 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I am a bit stubborn and am working within the Gnome 3 model. At some point I am going to have to work with Win8 either on the family machines or work, and knowing how to get a tablet GUI working on a mouse-based system will serve me well. Jerry P

Re: First f17 install -- on an ee701

2012-10-31 Thread Robert Moskowitz
Good to hear from you, Fred. On 10/31/2012 03:43 PM, fred smith wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 03:22:55PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: I have 1Gb of memory upgrade, so I have enough memory. My SSD is only 4Gb, but I have a 16GB SD card. I've got F17 installed on my eeepc 901, the model that

Re: First f17 install -- on an ee701

2012-10-31 Thread fred smith
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 03:22:55PM -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote: > I have 1Gb of memory upgrade, so I have enough memory. My SSD is only > 4Gb, but I have a 16GB SD card. I've got F17 installed on my eeepc 901, the model that originally came with their brain-dead version of Linux, and therefore