[Klug-general] Fedora 8

[George Prowse]

Karl Lattimer wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-12-07 at 16:21 +0000, George Prowse wrote:
>> Karl Buckland wrote:
>>> George Prowse wrote:
>>>> Can I just suggest to people here that are thinking of trying the new 
>>>> Fedora to download it from the mirrors (I used the Uni of Kent one) 
>>>> because I have had problems with the torrent versions, 2 failed to 
>>>> install.
>>>>
>>> That's strange because Bittorrent uses checksums on each chunk of the 
>>> file as they are transferred. A direct HTTP download has much more 
>>> chance of becoming corrupted.
>>>
>>> Did the checksum of the ISO check out ok?
>>>
>>>
>> Unfortunately I just used the Nautilus cd burner which doesn't check it, 
>> I should have used k3b. I do get the feeling that it was a problem that 
>> was released with the release though.
> 
> Nautilus CD burner also doesn't support burn proof buffer under run
> prevention.
> 
> Were you doing anything else with your computer at the time that used
> some cpu time? That would cause nautilus to break the disc. AFAIK this
> bug popped up in nautilus around the 2.14 release of GNOME, I believe
> its related to libburn but can't be sure right now.
> 
> For the record, torrents worked fine for me, both the i386 and x86_64
> install DVDs and the Fedora i386 live CD.
> 
> K,
> 
Yeah, i've decided not to trust it again, it's just quick and handy 
because it's just a double click to get it going.

When is GTK going to get a burner in the same league as k3b? I'd love a 
G3b :)