On Wednesday 20 September 2006 16:26, Arthur Pemberton wrote: > My question to the list is could you compare and contrast Fedora and > Ubuntu so that I may pass on the information so that he may make a > choice himself? I use both (actually Kubuntu, since I much prefer KDE over Gnome). Both are good systems, what you would expect from top notch Linux distros. I use Fedora on my servers and number crunchers, since it does change and update very quickly, and I have a bias toward Red Hat management approaches. Kubuntu is definitely more desktop-friendly; easy to install, easy to maintain, pays attention to multimedia, wifi tools, etc. So I run Kubuntu on my student machines and my own laptops (always works, never had a problem). The single thing that I find annoying about Kubuntu, and I'm sure that there will be a few in agreement with me, is the lack of an automatic root user installation. But that's pretty minor. I'd recommend Kubuntu/Ubuntu to your friend for a starter, but there's no reason to give other distros. such as Fedora, OpenSuse or even Debian a shot. Peter -- Dr. Peter D. Roopnarine, Assoc. Curator Department of Invertebrate Zoology & Geology California Academy of Sciences 875 Howard St. San Francisco CA 94103 Phone: (415) 321-8271 FAX: (415) 321-8615 WWW: http://www.calacademy.org/research/izg/roopnarine/peter.htm "there's a mansion on the hill"
