__/ [ George Ellison (undercover) ] on Friday 11 August 2006 01:03 \__
> casioculture@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I have Ubuntu running and I like it. I no longer feel interested in
>> trying other distroes. Gnome is Gnome, KDE is KDE, and I don't care for
>> screenshots as I can customize either's look. Does Fedora Core has any
>> advantages over Ubuntu that I should consider?
>
> IMO, not really. It's just another generic swiss-army chainsaw Linux
> distro. Multimedia support is tricky (some things never change), and
> package management is a nightmare. It keeps packages relatively
> up-to-date (if you can get them downloaded and installed without yum
> barfing all over the place), but with Ubuntu/Debian it's a hell of a
> lot easier just to move on to the next version.
I'd have to agree with George. Judging by what I've seen, RPM's are still a
mess whereas Ubuntu repositories and hierarchical UI with icons for
installation is a joy (much better than SUSE). The amount of help and the
growing number of resources (knowledgebases) that Ubuntu has gained from its
fans makes it a safe bet. FC seems to have a short support cycle for its
distros too. I think that FC2 support reached its end yesterday. I can't
recall for sure though.
The bottom like is that it's difficult to go wrong with Ubuntu.
Best wishes,
Roy
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