Moving from Fedora to Ubuntu - am I doing the right thing?

[Chris G]

On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 02:18:01PM -0400, Mark Haney wrote:
> Chris G wrote:
> > I've been running Fedora (7 and 8) for the past year or two, before
> > that I ran Slackware for several years.
> > 
> > I'm considering moving to Ubuntu and I'm wondering if my reasons are
> > right. 
> > 
> > It seems to me (and this is what I'm asking about) that Ubuntu, when
> > compared with Fedora, has:-
> > 
> >     A much bigger range of software available, I have found quite a
> >     few things available in the Ubuntu repositiaries which aren't in
> >     the Fedora ones.
> > 
> >     A better software management system (apt v. yum).
> > 
> >     In many cases more up-to-date sofotware.
> > 
> 
> I've run virtually every distro out there.  From Slackware 3 to (now) 
> Gentoo, Kubuntu and Fedora.  So, maybe my thoughts will help.  (Or maybe 
> not, but you asked for them.)
> 
> Ubuntu is fine for typical users who aren't 'too techie'.  My kids and 
> Mom use Kubuntu on their systems. They do work well and are just as 
> stable as any other linux distro.
> 
That's why I originally steered away from Ubuntu but having installed
Ubuntu Server on a NAS box I found it had more to offer than I thought.


> Fedora is considered by many 'bleeding edge'.  It's the latest and 
> greatest, which doesn't always translate into a 'user friendly' system 
> for daily users.  I've rarely had that kind of trouble, but it can be 
> frustrating.
> 
Again, that's why I originally chose it after Slackware, but it's not
"bleeding edge" in the sense of having recent versions of software
available, not in my experience anyway.


-- 
Chris Green