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This is an old revision of TestingMageia2CauldronBeta2 made by BenoitAudouard on 2012-04-14 22:12:03.
I had already upgraded my eee pc since beta2, see TestingMageia2Upgrade
Some feedback then ;-)
Some really beautiful things with Mageia 2 in cauldron
- check http://blog.mageia.org/en/2012/04/10/and-the-winners-are/
- eh the background is really fine! appears in drakconf too and at boot! great!!!
- now KDE4 works correctly : metapackage task-kde4-4.8.0-5 available
- default theme for windows is fine
- latest firefox is fine
- chromium-browser-stable is more up-to-date than chromium-browser-unstable ;-) 17.0.963.26 vs chromium-browser-stable-17.0.963.65-1.mga2
- LibreOffice 3.5.1 is nice: writer shows margins as in PAO rather than borders all around like _| at the top-left
As usual some bugs to be expected when moving to cauldron
- time came back one hour in the past for me (some conf' in my bios perhaps...), recommand to run ntpdate just after install?
- well, wifi does not work anymore, prefer wirefull! (find bugs preventing dkms-broadcom-wl from compiling or new driver to be loaded :)
- evolution a bit lost at first boot
- not all "dossier" appear :/
- close it, then check config for synchronization, close it again, when opening everything will be back
- bogofilter does not seem to work, you'll have to identify spam manually :/ maybe not recompiled (did not find any error message :/)
- filters seem to work
- I used to connect automatically with Gnome: KDE4 is selected by default (gave me the opportunity to test it, works quite well), maybe gnome-shell should be default? (how to detect it?)
- gkrellm does not have an invisible background in KDE4 (it appears black)
- some effects in the screensaver take up to 15% of each of my quadricore CPU o_O maybe that's too much for just images being displayed? (all the most on a laptop where battery is to be preserved...)
- some effects prevent from coming back immediately from screensaver? (pressing key, moving finger on the touchpad, ends up coming back for some unknown reason...)
- KDE4 comes with touchpad with default configuration: border scrolling, I prefer two fingers scrolling (both vertical and horizontal), could it be the default ?
- in KDE4 ctrl-alt-[right|left] key does not move from desktop to desktop? check with Gnome
- in firefox, spellckecking is no longer in french in text boxes? (nor english BTW /o\) where can it be configured?
- check wifi seems non free repository is needed to get dkms-broadcom-wl to compile ?
Becoming accustomed to Gnome3
Well, I began with KDE4 (which seems to work correctly imho):- one feature I really liked: icons of programs launched appear in the task-bar (which I've put at the top, was at the bottom at beginning)
- when hovering on the icon, it shows the window at real size in transparency (fine to check if there are discussions on my irssi windows :p)
Then I switched back to Gnome to give a try to Gnome3
- Activities are available at top-left (or putting the mouse at the corner make them appear directly)
- System parameters are available clicking on your name (top right):
- touchpad: I disabled disabling touchpad when typing, because I felt my touchpad did not work (maybe reduce time to free the touchpad? so that it's available sooner with no lag?)
- I changed the zoom to 0,7 for fonts: too big in evolution otherwise
- tweak-gnome: I changed the theme, I chose Oxygnome. Maybe give a try to oxygen too
- ctrl-alt up/down key to move desktop (I was used to left/right)
Some help with gnome-shell:
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Tour
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/FAQ
- http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Extensions
- https://live.gnome.org/action/info/GnomeShell/Annoyances eh ploum just did it again! (interesting)
What I need to find
- get back cpu optimizations and economy mode
- get back bottom panel with desktops
- hiding top panel
some things to verify