On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:46:34 -0700 Guy Fraser <guy@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 19:17 +0000, Chris Jones wrote: > > > I don't understand all the rave over Ubuntu, especially when it comes to > > > the less knowledgable user. I couldn't be happier with the ease of > > > working with Fedora, in spite of it's "bleeding-edgeness". > > > > I think part of this comes from what Ubuntu is prepared to install by default. > > Despite its "free OSS" claims it installs by default packages such as > > wireless fireware, NTFS support, flash drivers that have dubious licensing. > > With Fedora you don't get this by default, but have to get from repos like > > livna. Personally, I respect fedora for what it does, but I suspect this is > > part of the difference. > > > > Chris > That would be my take as well. The last time I tried Ubuntu it seemed > OK, but was obviously different, and not all in a good way. Being based > outside the US jurisdiction allows Ubuntu to incorporate some features > that are not available in FC by default, but some of the other odd parts > more than offset that perceived advantage in my view. One other things I've noted: When I'm stumped on some issue and start doing web searches, I almost always find my answer in a forum article google turns up, and the two most frequent forums for finding my answers seem to be Ubuntu and Gentoo (of course I don't see many articles swooning over Gentoo, so this may not be a relevant factor :-).
