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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:The online desktop ? by cHiphead · · Score: 0, Troll

    I love how yum is still struggling to improve its image vs. apt. Thats what they get for reinventing the wheel. Why was yum needed instead of really moving to apt? What capability couldnt possibly be added to apt? Is is just Redhat arrogance determined to use their rpm format (which never worked right in the early days, while .deb and apt worked fairly reliably).

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  2. Support by nurb432 · · Score: 1, Troll

    Does RH officially support Fedora now? Or is it still their 'sandbox'?

    If that is the case, then there is still no 'threat'.

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