On Tue, 2008-11-04 at 11:17 -0800, Alex Makhlin wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Armin Moradi wrote: > > > > > Is this turning into a religious war? > > > > > > > > Nope - just trying to point out that there is no correct answer to > > the OPs question. It depends on too many factors for the answer to > > be the same in all situations. The OP has not given us enough > > information to even take a guess on what would be best for him. > > > > Mikkel > > > My original question was based on the fact that Ubuntu is used on > either pre installed Linux systems and on what they call "Linux > friendly" computers which Ubuntu is recommended for. So my question is > why did they choose Ubuntu? What makes it so special? I personally > like Fedora far better for my own personal reasons. I don't even touch > my Vista Ultimate 64 partition any more. But again, why is the > mainstream market choosing Ubuntu? ---- because... 1. You can always purchase support from Canonical (cannot purchase support from Fedora) 2. Fewer installed packages, less fuss, less things to go wrong on Ubuntu on a typical install whereas Fedora will comparatively install a kitchen sink 3. Off-shore distribution skirts restrictions that create problems because of US patents Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
