I have just upgraded my workstation from FC2 to FC3. The upgrading process was flawless. Simply insert CD, reboot, and then follow instructions. It took an hour to run through the four CDs.
My impressions so far:
Firefox 1.0 PR is the default browser now. Good.
Evolution 2.0.2 is the default mail client now. I like the "Junk" button, which Mozilla Mail and Thunderbird have had for quite some time now and the old Evolution 1.4 does not.
Evolution 2.0.2 will be unbearably slow if you choose "Remind Me Later" in the "We've converted your emails from 1.4 to 2.0 format. Do you want to delete the old data?" dialog. Switching from my Inbox to another local folder took eight seconds. It used to be instantaneous with 1.4. After I selected "Keep Data", switching from folder to folder become fast as before.
Java related stuff is a mess:
[weiqi@gao] $ javac A.java
libgcj-javac-placeholder.sh
This script is a placeholder for the /usr/bin/javac
master link required by jpackage.org conventions. libgcj's
rmiregistry, rmic and jar tools are now slave symlinks to these
masters, and are managed by the alternatives(8) system.
This change was necessary because the rmiregistry, rmic and jar tools
installed by previous versions of libgcj conflicted with symlinks
installed by jpackage.org JVM packages.
My XMMS can still play MP3s.
I don't think my nVidia GeForce 4M video card is fully utilized. Screen painting seems slow. If I drag a window around, I can see trails.
My favorite game, Lines, has been renamed Five-or-More in the Games menu. I was very disappointed for a few minutes at first. Once I recognized the game by its logo, I'm happy again. My high score is still there: 854.00!
The screen shooter is cool. I lost it in FC2 but upgrading to FC3 fixed it. To take a screen shot of a window, I simply need to press Alt-PrintScrn. A dialog will pop up with a preview of the image asking me whether I want to save it on the desktop, to a file, or on my webpage!
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