[ale] ubuntu versus fedora

[David B.]

My systems seem to work just the opposite of yours. I run OpenSuSe which
is closer to fedora but network is solid and sound card can be a bit
flaky at times!

David


Larry Johnson wrote:
> At the last ALE meeting I heard a bit of good natured banter about
> ubuntu versus fedora (or debian based versus red hat based).
> 
> Since I run both fedora and ubuntu (fedora on my laptop, ubuntu on my
> desktop), and do not consider myself primarily a sysadmin (I'm more of
> a programmer) I've often thought of cataloguing the problems with
> various linux distributions.  My primary problems with the two
> distributions can be summed up simply.  Fedora is much more likely to
> screw around with my network settings (I don't know or care whether
> the fact that I'm running it on a Dell Inspiron laptop is relevant).
> Ubuntu has a nasty habit of dropping my audio on youtube.  Rebooting
> cures the problem.
> 
> For purposes of OS ideological comparison neither have happened to me
> on a Windows system, although I consider Microsoft environments to be
> oppressive and untenable in terms of actually getting my work done.
> 
> If y'all want more details on the specific versions I'm running, or
> hardware info, I'll be glad to oblige.
> 
> Larry
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