--- On Thu, 10/30/08, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
From: Arthur Pemberton <pemboa(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Which one is better Ubuntu Or Fedora 9
To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora."
<fedora-list(a)redhat.com>
Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 5:07 PM
On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Aldo Foot
<lunixer(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Les Mikesell
<lesmikesell(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Overall the big win with ubuntu is that
they've managed to get most of the
>> packages you are likely to ever want into a set of
pre-configured
>> repositories that are generally consistent with
each other. With RPM based
>> systems you'll end up having to track down an
assortment of 3rd party
>> repositories that are not consistent so you'll
end up with install conflicts
>> or having to maintain different applications on
different machines to
>> isolate them.
>
> This is in my view the deal breaker in an enterprise
setting.
>
> ~af
And also has nothing to do with RPM itself.
A "big" guy in the rawhide business told me
"use rawhide and you'll be constantly faced with dependency issues."
I love complexity but in programming languages and RDB.
Teamwork has brought me many great Fedora facilities and I appreciate the experts who
provide.
Endless emails about whether a laptop will run Linux?
Buy the _____ thing and if it doesn't work, take it back!
Why waste weeks trying to do the impossible.
Maybe one could rewrite some of the software or drivers!
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