Re: How Fedora chose me

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On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Wanted to remind of some counter examples,
> * Xubuntu 9.04 @ work:
>        Firefox 3.0
>        Thunderbird 2.0
>        Pidgin 2.5.5 (supports only IMs)
>        Emacs 22.2
> * Fedora 11 @ home:
>        Firefox 3.5.3
>        Thunderbird 3.0b3
>        Pidgin 2.6.2 (with audio/video support)
>        Emacs 23.1
>
> I find it very inconvenient to use the latest version of most apps on
> Ubuntu. You either have to use some buggy package from universe or use a PPA
> package.
>
> PS: A (not-so-expert) friend recently switched to F11 just to use the latest
> pidgin :-p


I'm not here to bash Fedora. I like it.
But I would add that Ubuntu ships Firefox 3.5 too, named Shiretoko to
avoid conflicts and I-dont-know-whatelse.
I would remind also that Fedora was released two months after the
ubuntu stable release.

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