Why Fedora ?

[Rudolf Kastl]

from a developers point of view it doesent matter much what you use...

if you identify and report/fix bugs _upstream_ you are fixing the
stuff for all distros...

theres no such thing as "distro wars" with experienced linux users and
real open source developers. you seem to be rather new to the world of
linux.

also for me personally fc4 is too stable and thus pretty boring for
someone who likes to be a bit more active with the linux community. ;)
i am personally helping testing rawhide because i like to have a bit
more challange and i love helping to make future versions better.

regards,
rudolf kastl

p.s. end of mail cause i dont want to waste more time with replying ;)
2005/10/28, akonstam at trinity.edu <akonstam at trinity.edu>:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2005 at 06:02:27PM +0530, gaurav wrote:
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> > Hi List ,
> > ~             Sometimes I think I am wasting  my time on fedora .
> > I got ubuntu on onmy laptop works flawlessly with 3 year support cycle
> > , 16,000 pakages (mutiunivese repo) and of course apt , sysnaptic ,
> > adept and  rock solid :-) plus cutting pakages and six month release
> > schedule and with no strings attached
> >
> > I some times feel fedora is like lab rat for RH ...
> >
> > are we wasting time On fedora ?? Should we move 100% comunity based
> > project like ubuntu ?
> >
> > pl ppl let me know your views :-)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Gaurav
> There have been at least 2 articles on ubantu in the Linux Journal in
> recent months and is seems like an ok distribution. But the discussion
> about ubantu vs, fedora sounds to me like the argument of Chrysler vs. Ford
> (or for some of you Mercedes vs. Volvo, there is a joke in there
> somewhere).
> I find fedora robust, the fedora community helpful and all in all I am
> used to it. I am sure ubantu people are good people also. I ma used to
> my fedora and my Volvo so it is part laziness that keeps me from
> switching distributions. I get mad at RedHat (aka Fedora) sometimes
> for there arbitrary decisions, They will never convince me that eog or
> gimp will replace the need for xv, but if I want xv I can install it.
>
> I have a heavy investment in fedora (helping manage 50+ fedora
> machines). It is not easy to switch distributions as some people are
> willing to do.
>
> So there is the loyalty factor. As I understand it ubantu is based on
> Debian. I tried Debian once and I hated it. But maybe with more time I
> could love it. Like ubantu you have one CD and then download
> everything else. For me the downloading seemed ot be out of control.
> Things got downloaded that I neither wanted not could control. But
> again with time I am sure I could learn. I just don't have the time.
>
> Bottom line you makes your choice and lives with it.
> -------------------------------------------
> Aaron Konstam
> Computer Science
> Trinity University
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