Re: Fedora desktop experience: Great, but not quite all I need

From: Wolfgang Gill (wolfgang_at_rpi.net.au)
Date: 05/05/04

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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 11:53:30 +1000

    On Tue, 4 May 2004 18:21:33 -0500 (CDT), Benjamin J. Weiss wrote
    > Just wanted to share a quick review on my attempt to replace Windows
    > on my desktop at home.
    >
    > Below are the things I do with the computer and how well they
    > translated to Fedora:
    >
    > 1) Email. I had some problems getting Evolution 1.4 to talk nicely
    > with my RH 9 email server via imaps and smtp-auth over tls. I'm
    > still working through that, but I got email working by allowing
    > relay from the desktop box. My wife is getting used to the
    > interface, but it's no big deal for her, so that's a plus.
    >
    > 2) Digital Camera. My wife has two digital cameras:
    > - Kodak DX 3500. gtkam worked just fine, saw the camera and I
    > could see all of the pics. The software's not as easy to use as the
    > windows software that came with the camera, but I think I can get
    > Kim to use it.
    >
    > - Olympus C-750 UltraZoom. I couldn't get gtkam to initialize the
    > camera, no matter what camera I selected. The autoselect kept
    > finding it as a C-2040Z, which would have been fine if it could have
    > initialized the camera. I suppose I'd have to use one of those card
    > readers, but I don't know if any of them read Olympus xD cards.
    > This one's a deal-killer for my wife. I'll have to dual boot if I
    > can't get this one working.

    Updating to a newer version of gtkam should help with that.

    > 3) Office suite. We've been using Open Office at home for about a
    > year now on Windows, so the switch to Fedora was a no-brainer.
    >
    > 4) Games. My wife loves tux racer. :) She wishes we could get
    > frogger, but tux racer is okay with her. I haven't tried installing
    > Neverwinter Nights on Fedora yet, but I hear that it works just fine,
    > so games shouldn't be a problem.

    Yeap, NWN does run quite nicely on FC1. BUT, you will need 3D hardware
    acceleration for it to work properly.

    > 5) Video. I couldn't even get my video off of my Canon Optura 20
    > camcorder and onto the computer with dvgrab. I've left a message on
    > the dvgrab message board and haven't heard back these last few days.
    > I found a couple of messages in archives that hint that ieee1394
    > isn't working properly yet in linux, so that may be why I had the
    > problems. I could control the camera, but just not capture the
    > video over the firewire port. Go figure. I may try again when I
    > get the new motherboard installed. I don't think it's the board,
    > though, since this works flawlessly in Win2K.

    I found that Kino works nicely in capturing video from my Canon Camcorder via
    it's firewire port (IEEE1394). And allows you to do some editing as well.

    > I found a couple of video editing applications that look like they
    > might be pretty cool, though I don't know if they'll replace DVDLab.
    > However, since I can't even get my video, there's no way to tell.
    > This one's a deal-killer for me, as that's one of the major reasons
    > I've upgraded my PC, so that I could do home video.
    >
    > Bottom line: Fedora is almost there for my personal needs. Great
    > look, good experience, but not all of the apps I need are working
    > yet. For now, I may have to look at purchasing XP to take advantage
    > of the SATA ports on the new motherboard.
    >
    > Hope this helps somebody out there.
    >
    > Ben

    Wolf 

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