On 14 December 2011 17:09, Robert Moskowitz <r...@htt-consult.com> wrote: > On 12/14/2011 11:18 AM, Lawrence Graves wrote: > > I am writing this because I am beginning to get frustrated with Fedora 16. I > am on the verge of going back to Fedora 15 so I can have some peace of mind. > There was a time up until now that after a RC release it would settle down > and run nice but with this Release that is not the case. I am not giving up > on Fedora as a whole but when you can't make anything run without freezing > screens and nvidia drivers won't install it becomes frustrating. > > > Maybe I made a lot of changes at once, from a HP nc2400 with f14 to a Lenovo > x120e with f16. I have not noticed any slowdowns even though the HP was a > duo core and the Lenovo is single. So I would put the suspect on the nvidia > cruft. And nvidia for some reason has been a long time sore spot with > Fedora. >
Just a data-point to the other side: I'm running nvidia happily on one machine. Occasional gnome pauses, but they also affect my other (non-nvidia) computer. Adding more RAM seemed to help a bit (now at 3GB, previously 1.5GB), do hope this gets attention in future releases. (Yes bugs are filed) -- imalone -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
