I've been an ubuntu user since Google. The software available 'out of the box' is significantly more extensive than redhat/fedora/centos, and a bit more friendly to the end-user. Some people (myself included) prefer debian-based systems (*buntu, knoppix, etc.) as compared to the redhat-based systems for their home-systems. Ubuntu tends to be a bit further up the dev pipeline than fedora, and more geared towards home/dev-environment use rather than server-use. The installation process is also a bit simpler imo (using the 'double-click-to-install' method) causing a lower entry-barrier. All that being said, I started using Ubuntu for the same reason I started using Python: my job demanded it, so, at this point, I'm accustomed to it. I realize that much of this explanation is a bit hand-wavy -- that's quite deliberate. In most cases, it seems to simply be a matter of taste. +$.02 -Harrison On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Bruce Byfield <bbyfield@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-03-31 at 14:02 -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Arch Willingham wrote: > > > For the heck of it, this weekend, I installed their current beta on the laptop I was using for FC9. I don't see what the big deal is. It was nice to have it ask to install stuff (like flash) when it encounterd the need but I had the same issues with wireless that I have had with FC8/FC9. I had to end up using ndiswrapper to get it to work (Linksys WPC54GS). The only things I noted of real interest were: Firefox starts much faster than in either FC8 or FC9 and the update thingy hauls booty compared to YUM. Most annoying things were the weird colors and this stupid jungle sound that goes off any time you log in. Also, the whole "You can't get to root" thing is weird. > > > > > > > It's a 'you don't need a separate root password' and 'you shouldn't log > > in as root' thing. If you want to be root, just 'sudo su -' and use > > your own password when prompted. > > You can also change the root password and remove sudo in less than five > minutes. > > > -- > Bruce Byfield 604-421-7177 > Burnaby, BC, Canada > web: http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield > blog: http://brucebyfield.wordpress.com/ > > > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > -- Harrison Caudill Swiss Army Knife Cell - 408.621.3193 Web - www.hypersphere.org Home - 404.550.6038
