Fedora Coverstory in Linux Format

Grumpy grumpypenguin at qwest.net
Thu Nov 16 15:07:02 UTC 2006


On Thursday 16 November 2006 07:33, Rex Dieter wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
> > Ian Malone wrote:
> >
> > Hi Ian -
> >
> >> Overall though I think they come out fairly even in the
> >> article, FC6's lower usability score (by two points,
> >> 7/10 vs 9/10 IIRC) is what brought it down overall.
> >
> > It was 7/10 vs 10/10 (having the benefit of it sitting in front of me).
> >
> > They also have this notable table
> >                         Ubuntu            Fedora
> > Size of Distro     :   1 CD              5 CD
> > Packages Available :   16000             6000
>
> I'm curious how Ubuntu can stuff > 3 times as many packages onto 1/5 the
> media?
teeny tiny little shoehorn ;-)
seriously it just sets you up for the Debian repositories
>
> -- Rex




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