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

[Neil L. Little]

In the past I would have said that I was not a fan of GNOME myself. 
However, I can say that it is growing on me.

I recently installed the Kubuntu 8.10 (Because EVERY SINGLE ONE of my 
systems suffered some sort of failure catastrophic in the last 3 
months), and the new KDE 4 has just ticked me off and made itself 
aggravating with numerous sorts of GOTCHAS. I a fit of pique one night, 
I wiped all my systems and moved to Ubuntu. Obviously KDE 4 has it's 
problems and maybe I will move back to it one day.

You know I read this past week (Slash Dot) that Linus Torvalds made the 
switch to Gnome as well for some of the same reasons.

Now if I can just get this CRT resolution issue resolved every thing 
will be just peachy.

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


Roy Vestal wrote:
> +1. However, I do not like GNOME personally, so I have tried out the  
> Fedora/CentOS KDE LiveCD's and the Kubuntu and other Knoppix clones.  
> Other than eyecandy, it's very much the same.
>
> One thing I do not like about Ubuntu that I like about CentOS and  
> Fedora, I can download rpms from other RHEL compatible linux clones  
> and use yum and EPEL and RPMForge addon repositories to install and  
> resolve the dependencies of these rpms.
>
> When trying to download deb packages and add them to Ubuntu, I've had  
> issues getting dependency resolution. However the same package to a  
> true Debian install (playing with Etch atm) these get resolved by apt.
>
> <shrugs> Could be the package or the user. Probably the latter. :P
>
>
> On Jan 23, 2009, at 11:45 AM, Maxwell Spangler wrote:
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>   
>> On Fri, 2009-01-23 at 11:29 -0500, Paul McLanahan wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I will say that I believe Ubuntu is easier to learn how to use for
>>> someone new to Linux. I think it does a nice job of easing you into
>>> the whole idea of Linux, and then also getting out of your way when
>>> you want to start poking around under the hood, compiling kernels,  
>>> and
>>> using a different window manager.
>>>       
>> Yes, this is what I hear over and over again.  That Ubuntu is so
>> amazingly easy to use, and yet when I go looking for measurable
>> differences I find very little.  I don't find lack of quality, just a
>> lack of superiority to match the enthusiasm its users express.
>>
>> For example, when I log into Ubuntu I get the same menu system as
>> Fedora: GNOME -- something that neither Ubuntu or Fedora can really
>> claim as their own innovation to be different.  I see the placement of
>> things differently: something might be under Accessories instead of
>> Sound/Video, but that's not significant.
>>
>> But I have yet to really try it, so I am open minded to what I might  
>> be
>> missing!
>>
>> -- 
>> Maxwell Spangler
>> Research Triangle Park, NC, USA
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