Finally download FC5 and install it on my IBM T30. I am happy to report it's continue to improve release after release.



Good
- finally allow WIFI setup during installation... and it detects my netgear W511 as usual. Of course, I still need to manually install the firmware in /lib/firmware
- build-in bluetooth works out of the box. I was able to send pictures from my O2 XDA II (just get it from my brother after he got a O2 Atom)
- SCIM is a better input method system, now I just have to learn to type in Chinese...

Not too good
- don't see the save session box on logout, even I check the "ask to save session" in session setup
- no longer auto start GUI for dig cam with USB plug.... maybe because F-Spot? fixed, actually there is a setting for it... and is disbaled by default.
- cannot share one network interface in multiple connections... than how do I setup my WIFI card for many networks (ie home, work)?
- no JRE for Firefox (I don't use JDK...) still, and no pre-build package to install easily, even from Livna).
- PC card subsystem seem less stable on T30, as sometimes my W511 is failed to detect. However, it works if I insert the card after bootup.

p.s. I think everyone knows already, GNOME is so much faster on FC5. It's awesome.

BTW, I am only using the default yum setup plus Livna for now. I am worried about running into rpm conflicts when I mixed RPMForge and other 3rd party repositories.

After some communication and real-time debugging with the dev guy, I am finally able to use the latest RC code of Gregarius (v0.5.4rc2). It turns out to be a bug related to cookie, I am glad to help them find it.



It's a pretty cool RSS reader, the speed on the new version has improved. I like it has theme and plugins, and build-in user authentication. FoF/FoFredux just falling behind more and more, compared to Gregarius.

However, it's not without its drawback, some of the plugins didn't work together.

Check it out @ here