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

[Roy Vestal]

No...that would be Winders is like a chevy truck, a heavy,  
underpowered "Rock". Versus an Ford truck that can still pull the  
wheels out from under any Chevy truck in it's class.

--- Owner of a 34 year old Ford F-150 that can crush your Chevy  
"Hotrod"  ;)

On Jan 23, 2009, at 2:01 PM, Neil L. Little wrote:

> 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!
>>
>>
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