On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 9:23 PM, Digimer <linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 04/16/2011 09:14 PM, Nikolaus Rath wrote: >> >> I have been using Ubuntu for a couple of years, and I am increasingly >> unhappy with it. I dislike the Ubuntu One integration, I think upstart >> is irritating, and I am sick of my bug reports vegetating forever in >> Launchpad. Therefore I want to switch distributions, and I have already >> narrowed it down to either Debian unstable or Fedora (but a release, not >> rawhide). >> >> Unfortunately I have a hard time deciding between the two, because I am >> very much biased by the fact that I have already used Debian in the past >> and a lot of experience with it. So I invariably come up with random >> nice Debian features which then turn out not to exist in Fedora. But on >> the other hand, all the nice Fedora features that Debian can't offer are >> unknown to me. >> >> Hence, to allow me to make a good decision, I would be very happy to >> hear about your favorite Fedora feature that I would totally miss if I >> went with Debian. >> >> Just to be clear: I am *not* interested in starting a Debian vs Fedora >> thread here. So am only asking for your pro-fedora points, so there >> shouldn't even be the possibility of a flamewar :-). > > Debian unstable is still a server-oriented OS, so you will be missing a > lot of modern toys. Fedora is to RHEL/CentOS as Ubuntu is to Debian; > Desktop-focused vs Server-focused, respectively. Debian unstable isn't just for servers! You can use any number of DEs. I prefer Fedora because I prefer the default look and because I feel more comfortable with the "original" Mozilla applications. Otherwise i find them to be pretty much the same with one exception. The pace of updates of Debian unstable slows down as a new Debian stable's about to be released and it then accelerates too quickly after the release (and you have to hold off on dist-upgrades so as not to break your install). If you're a KDE user, you might want to try aptosid. It's based on Debian unstable (it used to be called sidux). -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
