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Installing Fedora 7 on a Toshiba Laptop (part 1) – aka I miss linux so I’m Installing Fedora Today…

July 10th, 2007 Chris Brown Posted in Fedora, Linux, OS, Operating System, Technology, Toshiba Laptop No Comments »

redhatSomehow over the last couple of years my linux usage has become a server only thing. Linux used to be my main desktop os unless I was doing graphics stuff, but over time I got used to windows with the litestep shell.

I love litestep… I’ve been slowly tweaking my minimal theme for years now… a systray and a command box/clock and that’s it! I leave a 2px area at the top of the screen that can always be clicked to access menus.

I’m installing Fedora because it’s easy but real. I grew up on Slackware but I’ve also used my wife’s Ubuntu a lot… Ubuntu is nice but it seems a little bit too user friendly for me. Fedora is a good in between.

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