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

[Dave Sorenson]

My Dodge 3500 dually will pull both your ford and the chevy and the two 
car garage they are in outta the ditch. ;-)

Dodge makes it Cummins shakes it!


Dave


Roy Vestal wrote:
> 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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