Hi, Me again, still on the painkillers as the anesthetic has worn off...
What is the deal with the Ubuntu resizing thing then? It is actually going to shrink and grow existing non-native filesystems like NTFS to make room?
Ubuntu will resize NTFS partitions to make room - this is correct, and in my view something that is extremely handy if you are trying to persuade a friend/colleague/total stranger to give Linux a go.
There is actually a project for Fedora live CDs http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Kadischi
I'm aware of Kadischi, and am broadly familiar with their objectives, but the fact is that Ubuntu comes delivered on one CD, which just so happens to be a live CD that allows you to test the distro out before you install it, again with that one CD.
It was the stuff about apt-get being "vastly superior" to yum that guided me to think the author was perhaps more familiar and happy with Ubuntu.
Hmmm - OK, I'll pass that one by, as I do happen to believe apt-get is vastly superior to yum, although I will concede that yum is improving over time.
Do you have an opinion on why Ubuntu has a higher profile at the moment than Fedora, if you even agree that is the case?
I do agree that this is the case. From my viewpoint I see a phenomenal marketing campaign being waged by the Ubuntu community, not to mention the great geek idol they have in Mark Shuttleworth. With this alone, it is no surprise that they have so many converts. You also have to consider that they have no back story to Ubuntu, other than building on Debian so they are starting with a clean slate. Fedora, however, will always be tied to Red Hat (whether people like it or not this is the case) and can suffer from any negative community feelings. Something else that I've been thinking about for some time, but have kept to myself, is the fact that Fedora seems to be creating so many different teams - at the moment there are 15 distinct projects all falling under the Fedora banner. That seems like a lot to me, and without knowing how active each project is, I'd argue that perhaps Fedora is spreading itself a little thin. Of course, each group might be a hive of activity, in which case I apologise now. Also what Chris Jones says in his post should be taken on board. Ubuntu wants to just work (within the framework of a free as in beer distro), Fedora wants to be totally free (as in beer and as in speech). However I think that this approach, while admirable and one that I agree with, may not be what the majority of potential users would either understand or benefit from. I do believe in Fedora, and I do think it has come a long way in three years. Thanks, Andy
