Ubuntu by default provides a sudo admin profile for the default user. I think this is a good security implementation.
I hope you enjoy the Ubuntu experience as much as we did. Linux for human beings :-) On 4/14/05, PitchBlack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the advice guys. I already decided to proceed > installing Ubuntu and depart Fedora Core last night. > The only difference i found is sudo, as Jerome already said. > Right now, Hoary is on my laptop and I'm a happy Ubuntu user. > > Thanks. > > Jowelle > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jerome Gotangco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Philippine Linux Users Group Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:10 AM > Subject: Re: [plug] Fedora Core 3 or Ubuntu > > I don't see any problems regarding moving from Fedora to Ubuntu except > that you'll be using sudo through your local account since root is not > at all used by default. I never had any issues moving from SuSE back > then. > > You might want to try out the Live CD first and check it. The > supported repos for Ubuntu are Main and Security. There is a third > repo called "Universe" which is basically a collection of software > that is not officially supported but maintained by community > maintainers (usually Debian maintainers at the same time). Most of the > dev tools are probably in Universe IMO. > > Jerome > > 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. > > -- > Jerome S. Gotangco > GPG: A97B69A0 @ pgp.mit.edu > IRC: jsgotangco @ freenode #ubuntu, #ubuntu-doc, #ubuntu-devel, #ubuntu-ph > > Ubuntu Local Community Philippine Team > http://www.ubuntu-ph.org > -- > 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 > -- > 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
