Fedora Coverstory in Linux Format

[Todd Zullinger]

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Rex Dieter wrote:
> Andy Green wrote:
[...]
>> 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? 

They must be counting all the packages available for ubuntu in the
universe and multiverse repos.  There sure aren't that many packages
available on the single CD and AFAIK, you can't enable those repos
during the install.

I'd also be curious how the package count is arrived at.  With Core,
Extras, and Livna enabled I get this:

$ yum -d0 list available | wc -l
4987

I don't have an Ubuntu system handy ATM to compare.  But some of the
difference may also be in the manner in which the packages are split
up in Debian/Ubuntu.  ISTM that there is much more splitting of
library packages and such there than there is in Fedora (but I could
be totally wrong in that perception).

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