I ran the live version of Fedora 16 KDE, and loved it. I D/L and burned Fedora 16,
but I've not installed, yet. When running in live mode, I had to choose "Basic Video"
to get an environment. I suspect that my nVidia card is too old. This is the main reason I've not
attempted a full install at this time.

Even live Ubuntu gives me the blues with graphics. Mint 12 will
not fully run either. I like Fedora much more.

I have a dual core AMD 64 with 3 gigs of RAM. This is enough
for a person who spends more time writing, than gaming; or, surfing.


The last time I ran Fedora was version 6 on my old system, several
years ago.

I am also in the market for a new DVD burner drive. I have a Lite ON,
but it is beginning to act up. My graphics card is a nVidia GeForce 6100 nForce 4.
So, which graphics card and DVD burner should I get to make Fedora 16 happy?

Thanks for the response,

Try using LXDE or XFCE, they should be find with that GPU, in fact, I'm surprised you'd have issues at all with a 6100.. are you using the proprietary drivers? I had Fedora running inside a VM with no issues but YMMV.

I have a Linux Mint 11 LXDE DVD that came inside a magazine; I can't boot it at all.
No video. The Mint 11 Gnome DVD that I burned boots perfectly. As far as drivers are concerned, I downloaded and installed the drivers from Ubuntu. This box currently runs Mint 10. Time for a change. Maybe, should I install Fedora 16, I could install different graphics drivers. The 6100 is integrated with the mobo, I have no S-video out.

If I need to upgrade my GPU, I'm willing to do so. I have a little time
this evening, I'll search Fedora's HCL.

THX

I don't think you really need to update your GPU (depends if you can live with a basic DE like the ones mentioned) but if you were, I don't think you'd need to spend to much to get one that'll enable the whiz-bang features of compiz et al in GNOME and KDE; A NVIDIA GTS 450 is ~$100 and it blows away my old GTS 8800 which I paid $550 for (admittedly this was like 6 years ago).

To give you an idea of its performance..

http://www.videocardbenchmark.net/vi...eForce+GTS+450

Gee, the GTS 450 looks like a GPU with a turbocharger. Thank you so much for this
suggestion. It is time to upgrade some components on this box anyway. A new GPU
will complement the new DVD burner.

The Geforce 6100 integrated GPU should be fast enough for running a 3D desktop environment. But if you want to buy a new video card the GTS450 will be way overkill for just running Gnome3 or Unity. If you don't play games a cheap Nvidia Geforce G 210, NVidia Geforce GT 520 or a Radeon HD 5450 would be more than sufficient. It is not only that they are cheaper, they also draw less power, which is good for your electricity bill, and therefore most of them use passive cooling, so that you don't add a new source for noise in the machine.

But at first I would try to install the NVidia proprietary driver, this should normally solve your issue.

Hmm, My mobo supports PCI-e 1; so, I will not get the full potential of most
newer GPUs. I'll do more research on tweaking the GPU; or, buying a better one (older)
that is compatible with plain old PCI (I never installed any cards in my slots).
A new mobo, or box is not worth a single distro.There were some that ran fine
with my current hardware. A non-gamer doesn't need bells and whistles. THX

I tweaked the BIOS for my integrated GPU, and I can run Fedora 15 without choosing
"Basic Video." I never had any problems with video the past few years; so, I left
the settings intact. My laptop will remain Linux Mint, but this box is now a Fedora candidate.
Ubuntu booted fine using the Gnome desktop. Fedora seems a bit more advanced,
I like it more than than Debian, or her "children."

All I must do now is to back up several years worth of writing before I can
put a new system on this box.

I do wish to thank all who responded, you saved me $100+. I am a student;
I save as much as possible.

Well, you should take a part of those 100$ and buy yourself an external harddisk to backup your writings. Harddisks can fail at any given time, so always having an up to date backup of your important data is essential.