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Re: [linux] Re: Ubuntu vs M$?

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Thad Floryan wrote:

> The Ubuntu team has made some other recent questionable assertions
> and assumptions. [...]

I read the article mentioned earlier in the thread, and it fit right
in with the problems I've had.

I just wonder what you think of Fedora? It, too, had had issues. Just
when I finally learn how to do something, they change how it's done.

Is there an easy to install Linux Distro like Fedora or Ubunto? I do
favor Gnome over KDE, and I like the Fedora layout. I'm willing to
try other makes. RPM based is best for me, but I'm not totally
against learning new tools.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=technology [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Jye Nigma
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... Yes, that was a pretty good article. One problem is that they glossed over, in a sentence, the fact of how updates can wreck video or sound. The trouble is...
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... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=technology ... I wouldn't be so harsh as to call some of their "decisions"...
Thad Floryan
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Jan 12, 2009
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... The trouble is that they all seem to make stupid decisions. Fedora is worse, both as far as ignoring their users and their decisions. They call themselves...
Scott
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** Moderator note: trimming done and top-posting corrected. Signature ** delimiter added. Please do this yourself in future. ... I read the article mentioned...
Steve Friis
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... FWIW, I've been messing with CentOS 5.2 and I'm liking it very much. I've been messing with Ubuntu but CentOS so far seems to be working a bit better....
Allen D. Tate
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... Despite being a server O/S, if you're not really into having the absolute latest, greatest, only works sometimes (oops, I didn't mean that) type stuff,...
Scott
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... Brusque, indeed. I have seen them rag on someone, even after they claim to have done their homework. They are, however, no more brusque there that I've...
Allen D. Tate
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... Yes, there's a few like that. :) There's also the very nice Toracat and Alan and Ned are pretty nice as well. Those three do far more than their share...
Scott
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... More people should read: <http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html> so that relevant info is in the first post for help (thus not requiring ...
Thad Floryan
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... Yes, that's in this list's faq. :) Although, the chances are, when it's on the CentOS forums, that at least we know the distro if not the version. :) --...
Scott
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... That would be great for you geeks :-) Who have been using Linux for years. For some of us, this is a whole new world. Where do we begin? Even the names...
Steve Friis
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... Thad's link is written by someone who's more or less a Linux rock star. ... off. The list faq, outdated though it is, still has good points about how to...
Scott
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... I understand your dilemma. The situation is similar for almost any (new) hobby or field of technical endeavor, and is compounded by the "alphabet soup" of...
Thad Floryan
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... [snip] ... I think the names have been around since 1969 or so. I've been using Linux since 1995 and find Wikipedia extremely helpful, but I still ...
Herbert R Coburn
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... It seems it's time again to mention CentOS is essentially an unbranded RHEL. Based on that, it seems a good choice for a stable workhorse system without...
Thad Floryan
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... Although you can get all that running. I watch movies with mplayer on it. On the laptops, I have wireless working, though I had to install MadWifi...
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... Be aware the CentOS 5.2 Live CD won't boot on a system with SATA drives. I had to file a bugzilla about that and last I read (November 27, 2008) it hasn't...
Thad Floryan
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... That's interesting, I had no trouble installing the normal CD on SATA. My problem was with the Aspire One's realtek (wired) NIC. I have that detailed on...
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... much. ... working a ... drives. ... 2008) ... As I cited in the bugzilla, the CentOS Live CD problem originated as far back as Fedora 7, and probably...
Thad Floryan
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... Yeah, looking at the bug report--hrrm, can't find my CentOS bugzilla information, but got in anonymously--it looks as if it's known and they're not going...
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... Yes, that's Fedora--cutting edge, except for the important things. ... Well, there's Mepis. However, it's KDE based. There's Mint, but it's based on...
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... When I read the release notes for Ubuntu 8.10 (the latest), it was clear I was going to remain with 8.04LTS for as long as I use Ubuntu. My primary work...
Thad Floryan
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Thanks for all the responses. All the concensus points to me staying with Fedora. I appreciate all the feedback. <><Steve/WM5Z><>...
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... From: Jye Nigma Date: 01/11/2009 10:25:55 PM To: linux@yahoogroups.com Subject: [Linux] Ubuntu vs M$? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/11/business/11ubuntu ...
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