Re: a Newbie question

2020-12-14 Thread Richard Kimberly Heck
On 12/13/20 12:59 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 07:41:12PM -0600, David wrote: If a Linux user was going to build a new desktop computer using 2020 components, for home use in January of 2021, what version of Fedora should they use and what options or flavors or isos would on

Re: a Newbie question

2020-12-13 Thread Steven Usdansky via users
I would recommend Fedora 33 MATE-Compiz; Fedora-MATE_Compiz-Live-x86_64-33-1.2.iso and would add the rpmfusion F33 repos to get the bits and pieces Fedora can't package. ___ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an

Re: a Newbie question

2020-12-13 Thread Matthew Miller
On Sat, Dec 12, 2020 at 07:41:12PM -0600, David wrote: > If a Linux user was going to build a new desktop computer using 2020 > components, for home use in January of 2021, what version of Fedora should > they use and what options or flavors or isos would one recommend ? Unless you have a preferen

Re: a Newbie question

2020-12-12 Thread edward via users
workstation for desktop,developing,etc and server for server applications.  i think fedora 33 would be  better than 32 for hardware support,updates,etc. On 12/12/2020 5:41 PM, David wrote: If a Linux user was going to build a new desktop computer using 2020 components, for home use in Januar

a Newbie question

2020-12-12 Thread David
If a Linux user was going to build a new desktop computer using 2020 components, for home use in January of 2021, what version of Fedora should they use and what options or flavors or isos would one recommend ? For example, if they installed 32, but with community "Respin" build. I am assuming th

Re: a newbie question / Thank you

2020-04-27 Thread Ed Greshko
On 2020-04-28 10:51, Jerry James wrote: > I'm sure there are backups archived somewhere, but whether that > location is deep underground or not, I do not know. https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/ -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _

Re: a newbie question / Thank you

2020-04-27 Thread Jerry James
On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 4:53 PM David wrote: > That was a lot of very interesting valuable information. I plan to save > that email and study it word for word, someday. If anything is unclear, let me know and I'll try to explain better. > What precisely is "the main repository" in a physical

Re: a newbie question / Thank you

2020-04-27 Thread David
Mr. James, That was a lot of very interesting valuable information. I plan to save that email and study it word for word, someday. What precisely is "the main repository" in a physical sense ? I assume that specific repo is stored on a very fancy modern server, along with other valuable softwa

Re: a newbie question about how Fedora ecosystem

2020-04-27 Thread Jerry James
Hi David, On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 10:55 AM David wrote: > I am only curious here, ( this is mostly about mirrors and > the Rawhide repo ): > > After coding changes in each package get approved, by > someone in Fedora, > > I assume somebody above them in the chain-of-command, > has the authority t

a newbie question about how Fedora ecosystem

2020-04-27 Thread David
I am only curious here, ( this is mostly about mirrors and the Rawhide repo ): After coding changes in each package get approved, by someone in Fedora, I assume somebody above them in the chain-of-command, has the authority to upload that package to the main Fedora mirror.Right ? If so what