How good is fedora's hardware support?

**Redrazor39** · July 17th, 2008

Is it better than ubuntu's? A few things don't work in ubuntu or openSUSE and it really ticks me off.

**mthei** · July 17th, 2008

It depends on your system. On my desktop (Lenovo J Series), Fedora runs beautifully. It's certainly quieter than with Ubuntu. Suspend/Hibernate/Resume actually works.
However, if you install with the liveCD (as I did), you may have to go through the services and disable whatever you don't need, as unlike Ubuntu, Fedora has a lot of services connecting to the network. Once this is done though, you'll find RAM usage even less. Although maybe if you decide to install, go with the DVD installer.
Just a warning: Currently there's a bug that came with a Udev update that does not let the CD-Rom eject properly, but this can be fixed by either downgrading the package or unmounting via the command line. It's a widely reported bug, and was much worse until it was semi-fixed.

**tuxxy** · July 17th, 2008

I ahve seen many people say they just come from fedora or tried installing it and wasnt fully comaptible, then try ubuntu on the same setup and it runs. I dont think its as good from these observations no.

**Antman** · July 17th, 2008

Originally Posted by Redrazor39

Is it better than ubuntu's? A few things don't work in ubuntu or openSUSE and it really ticks me off.

It depends on your hardware. You'll just have to try it.

**Redrazor39** · July 19th, 2008

I'm going to try fedora 8 on a VM until Fedora 9 gets more stable. Will I be able to test my hardware well enough in VMware Player? I want to test if the Fn keys work, suspend/resume, fingerprint scanner, and webcam work.

**Antman** · July 19th, 2008

Originally Posted by Redrazor39

I'm going to try fedora 8 on a VM until Fedora 9 gets more stable. Will I be able to test my hardware well enough in VMware Player? I want to test if the Fn keys work, suspend/resume, fingerprint scanner, and webcam work.

Not really.
A better test would be to just use the LiveCD's. But, also bear in mind that the LiveCD's don't include the many Fedora8 updates that made it more stable and ironed out hardware issues.

Fedora 9 is pretty darn good now by the way.

**Redrazor39** · July 20th, 2008

Originally Posted by Antman

Not really.
A better test would be to just use the LiveCD's. But, also bear in mind that the LiveCD's don't include the many Fedora8 updates that made it more stable and ironed out hardware issues.

Fedora 9 is pretty darn good now by the way.

Maybe GNOME, but not the KDE version, and I want a good KDE distro that works on my hardware (been searching and Fedora seems to be my best bet now)

I was thinking of installing Fedora 8 in a VM, learning the OS, and if I like it, installing it. Then, I'll just upgrade to F10 once it has KDE 4.1 or 4.2.

**Antman** · July 20th, 2008

Originally Posted by Redrazor39

Maybe GNOME, but not the KDE version, and I want a good KDE distro that works on my hardware (been searching and Fedora seems to be my best bet now)

Yeah, the KDE4 version is not that great yet IMO.

Originally Posted by Redrazor39

I was thinking of installing Fedora 8 in a VM, learning the OS, and if I like it, installing it. Then, I'll just upgrade to F10 once it has KDE 4.1 or 4.2.

Sounds like a safe option.