ihaunter
15th January 2006, 08:24 AM
Recently I decided to upgrade my FC3 to FC4. This is the first OS upgrade that I have performed that didn't impress me. (I dodged the Windows ME bullet)
The first time I logged in, it informed me that the e-mail notification tool no longer works with the new desktop. This is minor, I can live without or find an alternative. I then noticed that they re-designed the menus a little. I checked them out an saw that some of the applications I had previously were no longer listed. That's a little annoying, but I'm no stranger to the command prompt, I'll survive. Looks like it installed OpenOffice 1.9. Too bad I had already installed 2.0 before and 1.9 took over my shortcuts. sigh. Now the screensaver I was using displays an error. OPen the screensaver preferences and my screensaver isn't listed. Only one screensaver is listed and that one doesn't seem to work right. I tried to print to the printer on my Windows box. Nothing. Send test printing. Get an error. After some work I discover that Samba is having problems.
Am I missing something? So far, the only real difference that I see is that they took away some functionality. Was I wrong to upgrade? Is there anything about FC4 that is better than FC3? Right now I'm thinking about trying to go back. Should have made a backup.:(
The first time I logged in, it informed me that the e-mail notification tool no longer works with the new desktop. This is minor, I can live without or find an alternative. I then noticed that they re-designed the menus a little. I checked them out an saw that some of the applications I had previously were no longer listed. That's a little annoying, but I'm no stranger to the command prompt, I'll survive. Looks like it installed OpenOffice 1.9. Too bad I had already installed 2.0 before and 1.9 took over my shortcuts. sigh. Now the screensaver I was using displays an error. OPen the screensaver preferences and my screensaver isn't listed. Only one screensaver is listed and that one doesn't seem to work right. I tried to print to the printer on my Windows box. Nothing. Send test printing. Get an error. After some work I discover that Samba is having problems.
Am I missing something? So far, the only real difference that I see is that they took away some functionality. Was I wrong to upgrade? Is there anything about FC4 that is better than FC3? Right now I'm thinking about trying to go back. Should have made a backup.:(