Well, partially I'm just trolling. But really, I have a basis in reality for that statement. Although the basis may be dated, I dunno.
Fedora, nee Red Hat Linux, has always been very "bleeding edge", and because of that, tends to have problems that other distros do not. Bugs, lack of polish, stability issues. Please note that the last time I used Fedora was in 2004, with FC3. FC3 was a nightmare. I had used exclusively Red Hat distros up until that point. RH 7-7.3, 8, 9, RHEL 3 and 4, Fedora 1,2, and 3. Fedora was always just frustrating and missing stuff and in need of serious tweaking before being actually usable. Then I discovered that there really were some other options out there, and that using a Linux desktop didn't always have to mean constant tweaking, frustration, and headaches. I switched to MEPIS at that time. MEPIS is/was amazing. The problem MEPIS had/has, though, is a somewhat brittle upgrade and maintenance path, otherwise I recommend MEPIS on my short list. Then I discovered Ubuntu and finally, Linux Mint. I always recommend Mint at this point as my first suggestion. It is like Ubuntu++, and Ubuntu is pretty good. Mint comes with all of the good things about Ubuntu[1] and adds extra polish, ease of use, tools, and features. I have never used SuSE, but I've test driven it a couple of times, and it never quite felt right to me. In much the same way that buying a car is a personal choice. I would probably not buy a Toyota, for example, just on the aestheics, but it is so personal a decision at that level. So, too, is the choice in Linux distro these days. Mint just feels right to me, in addition to having great features and polish. My recommendations for new Linux users, not necessarily in order: 1) Linux Mint 2) Ubuntu 3) MEPIS 4) PCLinuxOS Others will stick Fedora, SuSE in there. Still others will stick Debian in. And some retards will even recommend Slackware to new users. (If you are a new Linux user but happen to be a 50 year old Unix sysadmin, then Slack might be alright.) Finally, I do intentionally put provocative remarks in my posts in the desire to elicit a strong response. I hope the"retards" out there don't take it personally. So far, not too many have, but you never know. I am perfectly well aware of what I am writing. :) :) :) :) :) [1] And, unfortunately, most of the bad things. But there aren't too many of those. On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Steven Dayton<daytonmeister at gmail.com> wrote: > 2009/9/6 Jeffrey Silverman <jeffrey.d.silverman at gmail.com> > >> Yeah, but then you'd have installed Fedora. big mistake. > > > Why big mistake? I haven't even considered Fedora. I'm just curious why. > Right now I have been considering OpenSUSE and LinuxMint to try out. Maybe > even Debian. I need to get a better machine besides this laptop I have been > using. It just isn't worth upgrading. Scribus works great on it so far > albeit rather slow. > > StevenD > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.scribus.info/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20090908/c267a04b/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus > -- JDS
