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A fuller experience report will come in a week or two (if I don't end up zapping Fedora Core 5 for another distribution) but I have to voice my disappointment at the disappearance of two tiny little features from this release right now:

• The first of is the new trash can behavior—As items are dragged into the trash can, the "there are things in the trash can now" indicator is never turned on. And if you double click on the trash can icon to open it, it will be empty. Where did the trash go? Into the ~/.Trash directory. And how do you empty trash? You don't. The trash can is always empty. Want to restore one of the files? Use the command shell. Want to really get rid of the files for good? Use rm.
• The second is the "Save session" checkbox on the logout screen. It's gone. I have used this feature in the past to open up the applications I always run, place them in the right workspace at the right location, save the session on logout. The next time I log in, my applications would be already opened and ready for me to use. Granted, I do this (saving the session) once in a long while. But now I can't do it.

On the possitive side, my DVD playing capability is intact. This has never happened before. MP3s, DVDs, Flash, Java, Adobe Reader have always required extra setup work every time I upgraded.