On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 16:57 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote: > Pup and yum on F7 are a pain. Often when the message is for 10 new > updates I do it in a terminal. Either way it is quite slow. But it works. > > Ubuntu uses apt-get and a GUI thing like Pup but it works much > better. I have no desire to do it in a terminal. When I set it up the > first time it took 90 updates. I was amazed how fast it went and zero > problems. There are several things not Fedora or normal Ubuntu > applications that I MUST have. On Ubuntu they are all a simple # apt-get > install and they do all the work bringing in the necessary libs and such. > > At this time I can say the Ubuntu update system is very superior to > Pup and yum used on Fedora. I suggest Fedora look close at Ubuntu and > see how to get it working here. > > Both systems use Gnome and that makes both look VERY similar. A nice > feature of Ubuntu is that that mount all the Linux systems on boot to > /mnt and you can then, of course transfer things from the Fedora systems > to Ubuntu. Or the reverse. > > Ubuntu is based on Debian and the place that files go and do are odd > to a Fedora user. There is no grub.conf and /etc/fstab is a real MESS! I > am not sure my Fedora /home directory can be used with Ubuntu, but I > will try just for fun. > > Karl I have both Ubuntu and Fedora installed. The update services are different but in no way is the Ubuntu system significantly better or faster. > > ======================================================================= Many pages make a thick book. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
