Why Top Linux Distros Are For Different Users

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 16, 2009 @05:00AM from the for-the-nubs dept.

Lucas123 writes "Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu Linux desktops may look alike, but they've got some important distinctions, like the fact that Fedora and Ubuntu use GNOME 2.28 (the latest version) for their default desktop, while openSUSE uses KDE 4.3.1. And, Fedora's designers have assumed that its users are wiser than the general run of users. 'For example, in earlier versions, ordinary (non-admin) users could install software on Fedora without access to the root password. As of this version, however, local users will need to enter the root password before they can install software (as they do on almost all other Linux distributions).'"

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why? by garynuman · 2009-12-16 05:11 · Score: 0, Flamebait

you must be new here, people on a site with a heavy slant slant towards open source issues' are pretty well aware of the very basics of the top three linux distros
Re:What a load of crap by HarrySquatter · 2009-12-16 05:44 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Go back to wanking over your LSF system thinking your 1337 because you copy and pasted a bunch of commands from the manual. Sooo hardcore.