On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 4:41 PM, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I know Ubuntu keeps one long term release and then at least one short term. The next major long term release is due out soon.
Max
Usability is a priority for them and they have a budget to make someArch Willingham wrote:
> I first started dabbling with Linux about three years ago. The way I
> ended up using Fedora was it was the first link I clicked on that worked
> (I think it was FC3). Since that time, I have around fifteen machines
> running it. All of them run FC8 except my laptop which, as of yesterday,
> is running the beta of FC9.
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> With that said, I have never seen any other version of Linux running
> except Fedora. What's all the hype around Ubuntu? I realize I could
> download an install a copy but I never really saw any reason to since
> FCx seems to work great.
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> I'm not trying to start a battle of which is better…just trying to get
> an idea of why its seems so popular.
improvements. But, they haven't been through a really hard upgrade
transition (like a major kernel number) yet so it's hard to make a long
term comparison as to whether it is really easier to keep things running.
I know Ubuntu keeps one long term release and then at least one short term. The next major long term release is due out soon.
Max
