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The alternative to the install CD is to run a live CD and install from there. This is still the recommended route if you're installing on a laptop, as you can ensure that troublesome but key components actually work before you scrub the HD. As previously, both standard Gnome and alternative (spicy flavour) KDE live CDs are available, and there will no doubt be a whole slew of respins flavoured to meet more esoteric needs.

The delights of KDE 4.2 are yours to enjoy, though it still needs a bit of tweaking.

Faster booting

Post-install, things get more interesting, and the first changes appear before you even log in. The boot-up routine is now so smooth that there is no need to hide it from your Mac-appreciating friends. A smooth transition from the PC POST screen takes you to the login screen in 25 seconds or less. Well, it does on our test machine (which takes 31 seconds to get to the same spot in Ubuntu). When you get there you may be confused by the addition of a new widget above the list of login names. That's because Fedora 11 supports fingerprint logins with supported hardware (www.reactivated.net/fprint/wiki/Supported_devices).

Part of the speed increase may be down to the use of the ext4 filesystem as default. There are some spurious benchmark figures circulating about the speed increase, but without getting weighed down in the veracity of benchmarking when it comes to real world use, most people will see an appreciable difference in speed.

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