On Wednesday 25 Jan 2006 21:18, David Boles wrote: > > I can think of several reasons. > > The look and feel of the OS is somewhat familiar so the learning > curve is not too steep. Things are different but not too different. > RPM is here and the software GUIs are similar. 'Things' work or get > fixed. The software is more up to date. > > The Fedora lists have friendly people. The answers to questions are > fast to arrive and written well. And I, for one, have not had my head > bitten off for asking a 'stupid' question. At least not yet. > > Did I mention that I am one of these Mandriva to Fedora people? I do > not recall. If you will allow me I would like to stay. > When I started, with Mandrake 8, it was friendly helpful lists that got me going. The lists stayed helpful and friendly. That's probably the biggest reason that I never tried any other distro until recently. Finding this list to be just as friendly and helpful has encouraged me. I intend staying for the forseeable future. Anne
