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Followup: Ubuntu vs Fedora
Jul. 29th, 2010 10:02 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pixelSwitched to Ubuntu 10.4 right after it was released and guys, I have guilt over how much I love it. Even the windows buttons moved to the left.
Zippy bootup. In fact I threw the netbook version on my 2 year old (I think it's like the 2nd model released by ASUS) netbook, and it booted just as fast as my dad's brand new ASUS netbook running Windows 7. I'll admit, I gloated.
Change to apt-get has been pretty painless. The only thing I am missing from yum is tools to search for packages. Most of the time it doesn't slow me down much but it'd be nice to check if a package exists before I try to blindly install it. Tips welcome!
Things are just available, and often with clear instructions. Sometimes it was a crap-shoot to find things on Fedora.
Most everything 'just works' including my Blackberry and my Kindle. Now I've got calibre to manage my Kindle and that's been joyous.
I think it's pretty. It feels slick right out of the box. I've added some of my favorite goodies to make me feel at home and it's all been easy as pie.
UbuntuOne caused some pain at first, I don't use is as much as I thought I would, but when I need it it's there.
Edit: Went an reviewed some of my old posts. The install start to finish was 40 minutes, impressive right off the line. Was also impressed with printer install, nVidia support install. I stopped using Gwibber, which is the default twitter/facebook/social media app, didn't like it, never got over it. Am using Tweetdeck now, it makes me love twitter again.
( Updated screenshots ahoy! )
I have to say I've been really pleased. I haven't even glanced at Fedora in months.
Questions welcome, people showing off their Ubuntu setups also welcome, I love to get ideas/inspiration.
Zippy bootup. In fact I threw the netbook version on my 2 year old (I think it's like the 2nd model released by ASUS) netbook, and it booted just as fast as my dad's brand new ASUS netbook running Windows 7. I'll admit, I gloated.
Change to apt-get has been pretty painless. The only thing I am missing from yum is tools to search for packages. Most of the time it doesn't slow me down much but it'd be nice to check if a package exists before I try to blindly install it. Tips welcome!
Things are just available, and often with clear instructions. Sometimes it was a crap-shoot to find things on Fedora.
Most everything 'just works' including my Blackberry and my Kindle. Now I've got calibre to manage my Kindle and that's been joyous.
I think it's pretty. It feels slick right out of the box. I've added some of my favorite goodies to make me feel at home and it's all been easy as pie.
UbuntuOne caused some pain at first, I don't use is as much as I thought I would, but when I need it it's there.
Edit: Went an reviewed some of my old posts. The install start to finish was 40 minutes, impressive right off the line. Was also impressed with printer install, nVidia support install. I stopped using Gwibber, which is the default twitter/facebook/social media app, didn't like it, never got over it. Am using Tweetdeck now, it makes me love twitter again.
( Updated screenshots ahoy! )
I have to say I've been really pleased. I haven't even glanced at Fedora in months.
Questions welcome, people showing off their Ubuntu setups also welcome, I love to get ideas/inspiration.