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Fedora 8 A Serious Threat to Ubuntu

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the they-sure-couldn't-talk-more-about-themselves dept.

Tubs writes "According to MadPenguin.org's latest article, Fedora 8 from Red Hat is a serious threat to Ubuntu. The author writes, "I was never that swept up with past releases of Fedora. There was nothing compelling about it. But for the first time, I cannot help but feel that the Fedora team has been spoon fed an extra helping of Wheaties, which has put them into overdrive with their accessibility efforts."

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  1. Re:Linux Wars? by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I love how Ubuntu is given 'credit' for codec buddy. Who wrote codec buddy? Bastien Nocera who works for Red Hat and Thomas Vander Stichele who works for Fluendo (you know, the guys who want your soul so you can play mp3's)

    Red Hat pays someone's salary to write codec buddy and yet 'ubuntu' comes out the better. Sounds like NetworkManager all over again. Red Hat pays to write the code the fanboys think ubuntu is the greatest thing ever....


    I don't care who wrote the code, I care that it's part of the distro.

    Fedora 8 won't install in graphical mode on my system, and the text mode installer results in a different install than the graphical installer (you have to go turn on things like GDM, NetworkManager, and the graphical boot screen).

    Ubuntu has officially-packaged binary NV drivers. And, yes, I prefer aptitude to yum.

    We're all friends here. I prefer to use Ubuntu. Some people prefer Fedora, which is another fine distro. CentOS is a great choice for business use where long-term support is a big priority.

    As long as you don't use Gentoo...