I have been using Ubuntu build for AMD64 since I got my Athlon 64 back in september, the box had been up for a good month and had a bunch of updates applied, had to reboot todo something in Windows unfortunately, when I went back to Linux. All I got was a kernel panic, I think the kernel updates created some problem. I couldn’t be asked with the repair, so I thought I would gice FC3 a go since I had the AMD64 build downloaded already.
FC3 was amazing no chrooted jail crazyness for 32-bit support, multilib apps ran fine. All was well for a week, then I rebooted. Again kernel panic because of some AMD64 issue. I did google for the error but nothing more than a few other people noted the problem. I decided to grab Ubuntu’s plain 32-bit install and get back up and running since I needed to do some work. Fortunatley the CD came down within a few hours and the base install only took 30 minutes. Then a a good 45 minutes to get the updates.
I will probably switch back to Ubuntu’s 64-bit distro at some point however for now running CrossOver and WineX is quite important so I’ll stay 32-bit until the multilib support is complete. I quite liked FC3 however the RHN updater was a real pain in the ass. Ubuntu continues to be my current favourite, qucik and easy, debian based distro.
On another note I have also switched my WM back to Enlightenment like the good old days. Even tried to compile E17 just so I could get the new tools which rock. A MacOS X style dockbar app which is very nice.
I like GNOME 2.8 but I still think it is a little bulky, all I need is a handful of virtual desktops, a few xterms, xemacs, Mozilla and Thunderbird and I’m a happy bunny.
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