mrgnash
28th January 2008, 07:43 AM
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(My new desktop :) )
It just seemed like the right time. With each major release of Ubuntu, I find myself frustrated by the emergence of new stable release of some or other application which is often not included in the backports, yet alone the main update repositories. I understand and certainly approve of the reasons that the Ubuntu developers do this, but it doesn't suit me.
What ends up happening, is that I migrate early to the development version, and wade through the various bugs just so I don't have to wait for all the new improvements and features. This is a pretty extreme route however, and it has often compromised my productivity, so Fedora seemed like a good compromise.
After having installed Fedora 8, and used it for a couple of days now, I must say that I am very impressed. It seems a whole lot snappier than Ubuntu, and I appreciate the fact that there seems to be an even more Gnome-centric approach than the one adopted by Ubuntu. Reading up on a little bit of Red Hat history, I was pleased to learn of the massive contributions they have made to Gnome, and the Linux kernel.
To be fair, I do have a few minor quibbles with a number of bugs I have encountered, and the package management takes some getting used to after the joy that was apt/Synaptic... Codeina is also a pain in the behind, even though I understand why they are going down this road (it wasn't very hard to get around, however). But those things aside, I am really impressed by the overall polish (Nodoka/Infinity is beautiful ), and the way it correctly identified my hardware from the get-go. The added security features are good for peace-of-mind, and I love being able to use the latest versions of my favorite applications without all the fuss.
I am keen to see how Hardy turns out, because I very much enjoyed my time with it, but for now, I think I'm going to stick with Fedora :)
(My new desktop :) )
It just seemed like the right time. With each major release of Ubuntu, I find myself frustrated by the emergence of new stable release of some or other application which is often not included in the backports, yet alone the main update repositories. I understand and certainly approve of the reasons that the Ubuntu developers do this, but it doesn't suit me.
What ends up happening, is that I migrate early to the development version, and wade through the various bugs just so I don't have to wait for all the new improvements and features. This is a pretty extreme route however, and it has often compromised my productivity, so Fedora seemed like a good compromise.
After having installed Fedora 8, and used it for a couple of days now, I must say that I am very impressed. It seems a whole lot snappier than Ubuntu, and I appreciate the fact that there seems to be an even more Gnome-centric approach than the one adopted by Ubuntu. Reading up on a little bit of Red Hat history, I was pleased to learn of the massive contributions they have made to Gnome, and the Linux kernel.
To be fair, I do have a few minor quibbles with a number of bugs I have encountered, and the package management takes some getting used to after the joy that was apt/Synaptic... Codeina is also a pain in the behind, even though I understand why they are going down this road (it wasn't very hard to get around, however). But those things aside, I am really impressed by the overall polish (Nodoka/Infinity is beautiful ), and the way it correctly identified my hardware from the get-go. The added security features are good for peace-of-mind, and I love being able to use the latest versions of my favorite applications without all the fuss.
I am keen to see how Hardy turns out, because I very much enjoyed my time with it, but for now, I think I'm going to stick with Fedora :)
