[TriLUG] Ubuntu vs Fedora, was Re: Linux Distribution for server Opinions

[Neil L. Little]

Yeah, Winders would be the Ford clunker and Ubuntu would be the Chevy 
hotrod.

73,
Neil, WA4AZL
JARS Forever!!
www.jars.net

Jim Ray wrote:
> Pretty and user friendly is everything to me. Methinks Ubuntu also has a
> long term support flavor plus a few others targeted at, for example,
> education.
>
> Functionally, Apache is Apache is Apache whether running on Ubuntu or
> Windows. So, a lot of the arguments boil down to personal preference
> like Ford and Chevy.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Maxwell Spangler
> Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 11:08 AM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: [TriLUG] Ubuntu vs Fedora,was Re: Linux Distribution for server
> Opinions
>
> On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 09:33 -0500, Jim Ray wrote:
>   
>> I like Ubuntu because it is so easy to use. They do have a server
>> version. I prefer the graphical user interface because the command
>>     
> line
>   
>> gives me flashbacks reminiscent of assembly language programming.
>> Patching process requires no entitlements or activation noise.
>>     
>
> I've been using Redhat/Fedora for a very long time and recently
> installed Ubuntu in a virtual machine just to poke around.
>
> I really couldn't tell much of a difference.. So I'm curious from those
> of you who have really compared the two: What significant differences
> are there?
>
> To me the greatest thing Ubuntu seems to do is fill the holes that used
> to be so persistent in stock Debian distributions.  They made Debian
> pretty and user friendly.  But Fedora seems to do everything I want and
> the only reason I'd be eager to use something else would be something
> with long term support for business use..
>
> All comments appreciated, thanks!
>
>