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and why you would pick either one over debian??

Story: Fedora vs. Ubuntu: Is Either Better?Total Replies: 4
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Alcibiades

Feb 04, 2010
4:15 AM EST 		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

Feb 04, 2010
11:36 AM EST 		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

Feb 04, 2010
12:35 PM EST 		>The system must, at least, be usable.

There you go again, making unreasonable demands.
jdixon

Feb 04, 2010
12:37 PM EST 		> 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

Feb 04, 2010
1:06 PM EST 		jd -

Stop that!!

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

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