Converting to Fedora 10, Will I Have Many Issues?

[Von-Dyke]

I'm thinking of converting to Fedora 10 as a primary OS from Ubuntu 8.10, but after looking at reviews it seems i might have some issues?

nVidia Driver: My system uses the 8800GT, and i plan to run some games off the system so where do i get the driver if Fedora only uses open source software?

Codecs: A couple of reviews have said that .avi/.mp3 won't work in Fedora straight out, how can i get the codecs for this?

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200: Do i run the i386 or the x86_64 version of F10? I didn't run 64bit Windows XP i don't think...

Can i simply format the Ubuntu partition and install Fedora to that space and thereby keep my XP Partition, or do i need to format the entire drive?

Are there any other issues i might encounter?

[whych]

You can download and compile the drivers for your machine from the nvidia site. Or you should be able to add the fedora repository for the drivers.
Same goes for avi/mps support.
Best way of installing is to create a separate /home or other partition to keep your data. This means you will always keep your data when changing distros.
For now, backup /home and do a fresh install, formatting the ubuntu partition. If you need XP, keep it.

[devils casper]

For Nvidia Driver, execute this

su -
yum -y install kmod-nvidia

For Media Codecs, execute this

yum install vlc
yum install gstreamer-plugins-ugly

[Von-Dyke]

How do i set up a seperate /home partition?

[devils casper]

* Create new partition
* Mount it,
* Copy contents of /home folder in it

cp -a /home /<new_parition>

* Edit /etc/fstab file.

[measekite]

I'm thinking of converting to Fedora 10 as a primary OS from Ubuntu 8.10, but after looking at reviews it seems i might have some issues?

nVidia Driver: My system uses the 8800GT, and i plan to run some games off the system so where do i get the driver if Fedora only uses open source software?

Codecs: A couple of reviews have said that .avi/.mp3 won't work in Fedora straight out, how can i get the codecs for this?

Intel Core 2 Duo E8200: Do i run the i386 or the x86_64 version of F10? I didn't run 64bit Windows XP i don't think...

Can i simply format the Ubuntu partition and install Fedora to that space and thereby keep my XP Partition, or do i need to format the entire drive?

Are there any other issues i might encounter?

All I can see about this issues is I booted up both Ubuntu 8.10 and Fedora 10 LiveCds.

Ubuntu did not recognize my nvidia card so I would have to down load from nvidia and go thru an install process just like I did with Feisty.

Fedora on live boot installed the correct drivers and resolution for my nvida card and I had no problems or extra work to do. Specifically what driver they installed I do not know but it worked flawlessly.

[reed9]

You may need to enable the rpmfusion repo for various non-free software that Fedora doesn't ship: RPM Fusion - RPM Fusion

[measekite]

* Create new partition
* Mount it,
* Copy contents of /home folder in it

cp -a /home /<new_parition>

* Edit /etc/fstab file.

Are you saying that:

I can have 3 partitions; P1 for the OS, P2 for the Swap, and P3 for the home.

The I create a /home on P3 and copy the existing one to P3.

Then I edit fstab and cp -a /home /<new_parition>[/code]

After this can I assume that any new users that I create will have folders made in /home residing in P3?

[jayd512]

After this can I assume that any new users that I create will have folders made in /home residing in P3?

Yep... you got it.

[measekite]

Are you saying that:

I can have 3 partitions; P1 for the OS, P2 for the Swap, and P3 for the home.

The I create a /home on P3 and copy the existing one to P3.

Then I edit fstab and cp -a /home /<new_parition>[/code]

After this can I assume that any new users that I create will have folders made in /home residing in P3?

I looked at my fstab. I need a better understanding of
cp -a /home /<new_parition>

What does cp mean?
What does -a mean?
What replaces <new_parition>