On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 10:01 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Roger <arelem@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: >> Hi Nikolaus >> >> I'm thinking that you could make yourself a list of what apps you would >> like to have and another of what apps you really need to do your thing >> for both and compare. I have not found the problem you mention, of apps >> for one that are not on another. > > I am not talking about apps, I am talking about things like: > > - ability to install completely on LVM (including /boot) I've heard it can be done with Fedora. If you really want to. Check the wiki, maybe need to dig back a few versions. > - tracking of packages that were manually installed vs packages that > were only installed to satisfy dependences > - 3-way merge of changed configuration files on package upgrade > - ability to do release upgrades live on a running system > - excellent automated grub2 setup (os-prober) FWIW, the Debian grub2 finds all my Fedora installs and puts them in the boot menu when I run the update utility. (It can't seem to overcome BIOS issues and boot from my third drive when I have all three hooked up, but that's a different issue. Fedora's classic grub isn't handling that well, either.) > Nothing of this is really essential, but these are nice Debian features > that Fedora apparenttly doesn't have. Now I would like to know about > stuff comparable to this that Fedora has, but Debian hasn't (I'm sure > there are many). I still suggest dual-booting and playing with both. > »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.« Semantic flies like a lead balloon. ;-9 Joel Rees -- 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