I'm an ex-Fedora user and happily using Ubuntu on my AMD64 rig and HP laptop for the usual office stuff and programming.
Some of the adjustments I had was on configuring the services to be executed during boot up. Debian's way of configuring services is a lot different from Fedora's. There are guides available at Ubuntu wiki that can help on get started on configuring services. Ubuntu don't use RPM so you need to be acquainted on using dpkg or apt-get when installing applications. You can use alien command to convert RPM to DEB package but it's not the standard way to do it. I find Ubuntu's configuration tools much better than Fedora's though there are some nice Fedora tools that are not present in Ubuntu. I also find Ubuntu's application installation and management (Synaptic and apt-get) far better and efficient than Fedora's. If you're comfortable using Gnome I think you won't have a hard time using Ubuntu, and I think Ubuntu's Gnome packaging is nicely done compared to Fedora's. For the KDE savvy, there's Kubuntu. On 4/13/05, PitchBlack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good morning. > > I'm having some time deciding on which distro that will > fit my needs. Right now, I have Fedora Core 3(kernel 2.6.11.7) > and I got use to it(configure, tweak, etc. ). I'm thinking of installing > Ubuntu on my notebook in exchange of my present Fedora Core system. > Sometimes I do some programming, web development, and server > configuration testing on my notebook. > > Will there be some adjustments on my side in moving from Redhat to > Debian base Linux? I need to know these adjustments before moving > to another distro. > > Thanks. > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- http://jojopaderes.multiply.com -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
