Ubuntu 1, Fedora 0
Patrick
fedora-list at puzzled.xs4all.nl
Fri Mar 16 14:44:12 UTC 2007
On Fri, 2007-03-16 at 09:55 -0400, jim tate wrote:
> Stefan Held wrote:
> > Am 16.03.2007 13:38 Uhr schrieb "Timothy Murphy" unter
> > <tim at birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie>:
> >
> >
> >> Yesterday I downloaded and burnt the Ubuntu Live CD (6.06),
> >> and it worked like perfectly on the 4 machines I tried it on.
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Yes, this is what is called a stable Version of Ubuntu.
> >
> >
> >> The rather ancient version of Knoppix I have
> >> also works perfectly on all the machines I have tried it on.
> >>
> >
> > Which is also a Stable Release of Knoppix
> >
> >
> >> I downloaded and burnt the Fedora-7 Test Live CD some time ago,
> >> and this does not boot on any machine I've tried it on.
> >>
> >
> > I downloaded both, DVD and CD Torrent of F7 Test 1 and 2.
> >
> > Both worked like a charm on my machine.
> >
> >
> >> I asked a few weeks ago if anyone had successfully booted from this CD,
> >> but I only got advice on how to test the CD;
> >> nobody replied that they had actually got it to work.
> >>
> >
> > I did not answer but yes, it worked for me.
> >
> >
> >> In my experience there is something basically wrong
> >> with the CD reading part of Fedora CDs,
> >> as many people report problems installing Fedora this way.
> >>
> >
> > Why should it? Did you verify the sha1 summs of your download?
> >
> > Did you test the same CD on a bunch of identical Machines/CD Drives?
> >
> > Did you try to burn the CD with 4x speed only? Then test again?
> >
>
> Well you are definitely doing something wrong, I have downloaded a
> number CD's, DVD's of fedora 5,6,7 test 1,2 and burn and run them with
> no problems.
Same here.
> Is this just a excuse to go to ubuntu?
If so the OP is welcome to do so and I hope he finds what he is seeking.
I like using Fedora and there are those that like Ubuntu as I'm made all
too aware of by rather loud Ubuntu fanboys.
> I hold Linux meeting once a month and the Ubuntu people are spreading
> the FUD around that Fedora is a bleeding edge, unstable, distro, these
> guys are beginning to sound like $MS people.
I share that observation.
> Fedora 5, 6 , I have installed both and did updates on a number of
> boxes, i386, X86_64 and had no problems.
> Fedora comes out with a kernel update more often the other distro's ,
> that could cause problems.
> After you have done your first update, after installation, don't update
> the kernel anymore, put a line in /etc/yum.conf
> exclude=kernel .
> The kernel only needs to be updated if you have need for new drivers.
And fixes for security issues off course :)
Regards,
Patrick
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