--- On Thu, 10/30/08, Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Arthur Pemberton <pemboa@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: Which one is better Ubuntu Or Fedora 9 > To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using Fedora." <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, October 30, 2008, 5:07 PM > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Aldo Foot > <lunixer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Les Mikesell > <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> 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! > -- > Fedora 9 : sulphur is good for the skin > ( www.pembo13.com ) > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
