On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:45 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 10:20 -0500, Arthur Pemberton wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Kevin Fenzi <kevin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:45:18 -0700 >> > makhlina@xxxxxxxxx (Alex Makhlin) wrote: > >> > Both distros have live media. Why don't you download them and try out >> > each and decide for yourself which one you like? > >> Good advice. > Yep. > >> I was installing Linux for a friend, and figured I'd give them Ubuntu >> as I it would hopefully be easier for them than Fedora. Tried the >> LiveCD, kept freezing up (requiring hard restarts). Did an install >> figuring I just needed to update to a new kernel, pre and post full >> system update, still kept hard freezing. So I went back to old >> faithful Fedora. > > This doesn't mean much. It can be an arbitrary small detail (E.g. a > kernel or a packaging bug on a DVD), which may spoil everything in a > particular scenario, esp. on a machine, which never has seen Linux > before. True. Didn't help that I got no useful help on IRC though. -- Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin ( www.pembo13.com ) -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines