How is Fedora less restrictive than Fedora? Just curious. Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and ... free! Support open Source <,*)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow.
2009/3/4 BluesRenegade <[email protected]> > > Another consideration is whether you will be using any commercial UNIX > products which have been ported to Linux. I say this because I have > experience doing work for universities, and in the engineering world they > are teaching students to use the same commercial UNIX products which are > used in the marketplace. > > For those situations, Red Hat is the undisputed major distro of choice, > with SUSE Enterprise Linux finding ever increasing support. Having used > both, I can tell you that Red Hat is the best choice, at least from a system > administrators point of view. And, btw, you don't have to spend university > $$$'s on Red Hat, you can get it's open source variant, CentOS (Community > Enterprise Operating System), and you have RHEL with all the copyrighted > logos, etc., removed. Thank you Red Hat for adhering to keeping your code > pen source, or this would not be possible. > > Centos home page > http://www.centos.org/ > > I installed CentOS on a gf's old PC which was having trouble running > Windows 98 without crashing (due to only 128 MB of RAM)!! She has been using > it for three years, and in that time I upgraded the RAM to 256 MB with some > used RAM from a broken computer. Despite having a 500 Mhz Celeron processor, > an integrated S3 video chip on the motherboard, a 6 GB 5400 RPM hard drive > (you read that right, 6 GB !!), and only 256 MB of RAM... it works!!.... > albeit, slowly at times cause of the outdated hardware, but nonetheless, it > works reliably. > > As for the university, I'm running CentOS on a Sun Server w/2-dual core AMD > processors, 4 GB of RAM, etc. The complete opposite of that home computer, > and it runs wonderfully in the school research lab. The commercial Flex > license manager software and the commercial engineering software all work > very well, (really better) on the Linux server than the same software > running on a Sun SPARC server running Solaris. > > When I went looking for a Linux distro to use, the commercial UNIX software > vendors made my mind up for me, Red Hat. The dept. did purchase SuSE > Enterprise Linux 10 and we tried that and the first problem I encountered > was that the default Reiser file system was incompatible with the Flex > license manager software, an oversight the vendor's website never mentioned. > I had to scrap that installation and start all over. On the advice of > another university I tried CentOS, and have never looked back!! > > Hope all that info helps you. > > Regards, > > John > > > > m_buell wrote: > > I want to throw $.02 on this pile. I agree with Roy Charles <<All > three choices, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, Fedora, and SUSE, have strong community > support.>> I don't agree with a lot of the other statements here. > > You've tried Ubuntu, it worked -- marvelous! My experience has been > different. Over the past 10 years I've tried multiple distros, > including Ubuntu, and had a few modest successes, but until now, NONE > that I kept. Too many issues. I tried Ubuntu a couple years ago - it > was running, but had too many issues to resolve. I figured if the > installs couldn't work better than they were - it was time to try > another distro. > > A couple months ago I started this process anew, after laying off for > a couple years. Tried Oracle, then Debian, then Fedora. Oracle ran > well, no java, no firefox, couldn't update. Nope. Debian ran well, > couldn't get my java working, I couldn't insure I was secure. Had some > other issues, and after a few days I hit another issue. Time for > Fedora. It ran, it updated, I could find and get java working, I got > security running, and some other priorities. > > So Fedora is up and running, and so far, so good. I'm not keen on > Ubuntu because it restricts its offerings to freeware. And, I wasn't > happy the one time I tried it. SuSe I have installed twice, a year ago > most recent. Both times it was slow, slow, slow, but worked. Fedora is > slightly slower than the Debian Gnome desktop to boot. > > So, imho, Fedora is #1, SuSe #2. Ubuntu may be fine, and seems to be > from the public response, but I don't think it is going to be the > windows-killer. BTW, Vector does a monster job with the super-slim > setup. If I knew enough about the internals and all the command > prompts, I think it would strongly tempt me. Vector is FAST. But too > many ways for me to mess up, and not enough ways to safely install all > my daily apps without messing up. > > Cheers; > M > > On Feb 22, 6:53 pm, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hah, indeed it does make Vista look like a cheap toy. Not to mention > all the nice free software you get with Linux, all free. As an added > bonus, no IE (eeew), no Media Player (yuck) and no M$ Office (bloated > and overly eager to mess up). > > I am still relatively new to all this, but luckily I love to learn new > stuff.... :-) > > On Feb 23, 12:37 am, [email protected] wrote: > > > > It' great that you decided to give Linux a try. Ubuntu is a great > disto. I personally use Linux Mint, which is a variant of Ubuntu which > gives you a bunch of in-house developed system tools, flash player, > and multimedia codecs. I love it how Compiz makes Windows Vista's > compositing look really lame. Don't hesitate to ask any questions you > have. Best of luck! > > > On Feb 22, 8:13 am, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi again, and thank you all for your advices! > > > My laptop arrived yesterday, I've installed Ubuntu 8.10 and everything > worked on the first try (wireless included!). I'm really impressed > with Linux, the way it has progressed this far in a few short years > (unlike Windows which made the same progress from 95 to XP...or at > least it feels like that). I'm very happy about the fact that I am now > 50% free from M$. And I'm also positive I'll make some of my friends > very jealous with Compiz :-P > > > If I ever get stuck, I know where to come. :-) > > > Cheers! > > > On Feb 20, 8:45 pm, JTF <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > > > If you need to, you can get VirtualBox and boot up a Windows Guest as > a virtual machine and develop MS Based applications that way. > > > As far as hardware compatibility is concerned, when you boot the > liveCD, check your system for functionality.....If it works in LiveCD > Mode, it will work when installed as your OS.... > > > Any issues, please connect tohttp://ubuntuforums.org/ > This is the official community support forums with literally, > thousands of people who want to help others....Questions are generally > answered within a few minutes in my experience > > > Also, if you use Pidgin (Ubuntu's IM client), you can access freenode > IRC and connect to #ubuntu for live chat support. > > > On Feb 20, 1:40 pm, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank you for your posts. You have both steered me towards Ubuntu, as > I have tried it and liked it. Now that you've confirmed that it has a > bright future, I like it even more. The fact that Mono is included is > another plus, since I work with C#/ASP.NET at work I guess I could > also try mono. :-) > > > I only wonder if my hardware will work (i.e. will I be able to connect > to "the internets" via WLAN etc..). In the past I've had many hardware > issues with linux. But that was a long time ago... > > > I will post the results of my "ventures" here, but please don't > hesitate to post more opinions. > > > Cheers! > > > On Feb 20, 5:13 pm, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Being new to the Linux world, I would suggest *buntu or Mandriva. I use > Mandriva on several computers at home, and have for many years. I have > looked at other distros and found no reason to switch. It just works for me. > Ubuntu is popular because it's the one the media has picked up as the poster > child for Linux. It is not a bad distro, don't get me wrong. It has a great > user base, and lots of community support. Mandriva has great support too. > Most distros have a Live-CD version you can boot to and try out without > installing anything. Do a few of those. It really comes to personal > preference. If you have a big hard drive, install several to try out with > dual booting. > > > Welcome to the LUG, and good luck. Let us know what you end up using and > why. > > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of four > > > On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 07:32, dr. Hannibal Lecter <[email protected]> > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi all! > > > I'd like to tell you something about my current situation and why I > decided to post this question here. > > > I'm a software developer, and my primary OS is WindowsXP. I'm getting > a notebook now, and being an open source supporter/fan, I've decided > to make my primary OS linux. I'm relatively new to linux, I've > experimented with it several times in the past, but I would call > myself experienced in any way. Basically, I know my way around, I know > how to run ./configure and make, but if those two fail, I normally > just go to the corner of the room and cry all night. :) > > > Another problem is the fact that I'm going to share that notebook with > my wife and sister, which are "technologically challenged" as far as > linux is concerned. That's how I came to this point of asking myself > which distro is "appropriate" for all of us. > > > I went through the "linux distribution chooser" > onwww.zegeniestudios.net, > and unsurprisingly I got the following results: > > > 1. openSUSE > 2. Kubuntu > 3. Ubuntu > 4. Linux Mint > 5. Mandriva > > > I've used openSUSE and Mandrake in the past, tried Ubuntu in vmware. > Kubuntu is out of the question because I don't want to limit myself to > KDE (reminds me of windows..and that's just not it!). Until now, I've > never heard of Mint. > > > So in the end, which distribution would you suggest? What are your > opinions on the distros above? > > > I want something that has a future (openSUSE is backed by Novell, so > that's one point pro-SUSE), and updated regularly. Also, the distro > should be easily configurable/maintainable, but not too limited either > ("for the utter noobs"), I would like to develop in it (mostly PHP) > and learn the advanced stuff on the way. > > > I'm assuming there are some differences regarding media codecs/ > players, so if you know which one does the best job with audio/video, > that would certainly have some weight. > > > I apologise for the long post, I thought I should be precise in this > matter to get good answers :-) > > > Cheers and thanks in advance! > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
