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Fedora vs. Ubuntu: Is Either Better?

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Fedora or Ubuntu? That is a question that Linux users are asking with increasing frequency. The question is not random -- the two distributions have consistently topped the downloads on Distrowatch for the last two years. Read Fedora and Ubuntu mail forums, and users who despair of one are constantly announcing their intention to try the other. Although other distributions, including Linux Mint, openSUSE, and Mandriva, offer comparable features, for better or worse Fedora and Ubuntu are widely viewed as the desktop distributions of choice. Unsurprisingly, you can find dozens of comparisons of the two on the Internet. However, except for one posted on PolishLinux.org, few answers are detailed enough to be of much use. And since the one on PolishLinux.org was made in 2006, it’s at least six versions behind the current releases (Fedora 12 and Ubuntu 9.10). So a new extended answer seems overdue.

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Comments (5)

Alcibiades ·
Can't see why you'd pick either one over either debian or mandriva. Different strengths of course, but if you're prepared to make the 6 month release compromise, why not mandriva? Otherwise, why not debian? Very strange. Especially the cult of Ubuntu, which seems, ominously, to be the favorite of the MacHeads. What they seem to like about it is its focus on something they call 'usability'.

When I hear people talk about usability, I reach for a bucket.
Bob_Robertson ·
While I agree that endless "usability" comparisons are usually just patting one's self and friends on the back, I will make one bit caveat:

The system must, at least, be usable.
dinotrac ·
>The system must, at least, be usable.

There you go again, making unreasonable demands.
jdixon ·
> When I hear people talk about usability, I reach for a bucket.

Well, at the risk of irritating Caitlyn, ease of use is subjective. Yes, you can perform studies to determine what percentage of people find a given process easy or hard. But you're never going to get a consensus on such matters, only things like 60%-40% or 75%-25% preferences.
dinotrac ·
jd -

Stop that!!

Do you want us to send you into the GNUlag for re-education?

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