On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 20:07:11 -0700 suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Nikolaus, > > On Sat, Apr 16, 2011 at 6:14 PM, Nikolaus Rath <Nikolaus@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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. > > > > I don't exactly knwo what Debian unstable offers these days, but here is > my take on this. Typing this from a Debian testing machine, my primary workstation. > > 1. Python 3 - can be installed parallel to Python 2.6 also possible on Debian > + Support for Python specific commands within gdb > 2. I have used Ubuntu for couple of years at the university, but I > prefer rpm/yum over dpkg/apt/aptitude > 3. Newer kernels > + 2.6.38 for F15 2.6.38 for testing, 2.6.32 for squeeze(stable), possible to mix repos (stable+testing+unstable, for example) > + 2.6.35 for F14 > + 2.6.34 for F13 > 4. Compared to Ubuntu, I feel the quality control on packages are higher > in Fedora. I have very little experience with Debian, but from my few > months of trying it out, although better than Ubuntu I found it > lacking compared to Fedora. I might of course be biased, but to me Debian's quality control is like no other. > 5. Many others might debate this, but I feel more secure with SELinux > set to enforce. I feel Fedora integrates SELinux much better than any > other distro. This is highly debatable, don't want to start a flamewar. > 6. Again debatable, but I like LVMs. Not sure how good the support is in > Debian. As good as in Anaconda. > 7. Possibility to test bleeding edge technologies like the btrfs > filesystem Idem. > 8. Although the ppa system is nice, but I find the community > repositories available for Fedora have a higher packaging standard > and are in general more reliable. > > Hope this helps. > > -- > Suvayu > > Open source is the future. It sets us free. > -- > 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 -- Rares Aioanei -- 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
