Comments on: Fedora 12 or Ubuntu 9.10 http://zitseng.com/archives/2686 42 - The answer to life, the universe, and everything. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:47:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Virtual Ubuntu | Zit Seng's Superwall http://zitseng.com/archives/2686/comment-page-1#comment-22149 Virtual Ubuntu | Zit Seng's Superwall Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:02:38 +0000 http://zitseng.com/?p=2686#comment-22149 [...] time I re-setup my home PC… it’s going to be Ubuntu. The last time I had a hard time deciding between Fedora and Ubuntu (and I eventually ended up with [...] [...] time I re-setup my home PC… it’s going to be Ubuntu. The last time I had a hard time deciding between Fedora and Ubuntu (and I eventually ended up with [...]

]]> By: Sean Chia http://zitseng.com/archives/2686/comment-page-1#comment-8861 Sean Chia Thu, 27 May 2010 18:20:39 +0000 http://zitseng.com/?p=2686#comment-8861 Hi Zit Seng, Start of Rant: Thank you for sharing your experiences thoughts and considerations on Ubuntu and Fedora. I've tried them both recently, and I myself will be exploring them both for different reasons too. Admittedly, I'm probably more of a end user that does a bit more tinkering (not a coder). I started with Ubuntu (ok - I haven't been tracking versions, but I think started with 8.10 then upgraded to 9.10). I got a mac book pro, partitioned it using rEFIt, and installed it there. In terms of plug and play, I think it is fairly decent. I did have some issues with my wireless NIC, as Broadcom at the time was notorious for not providing Linux drivers. But thankfully that got settled eventually ( I just waited, and some software upgrade resolved that for me, thank you to all those nice device driver writers out there - you are very much valued). I recently thought of understanding Fedora, so I looked up Fedora 12. I did this because most of the servers that run linux in my office use Red-hat Enterprise. So I thought I'd familiarize myself with the environment. so I started up by creating my own virtual machine instance on my Ubuntu platform. I agree that it isn't as user friendly as Ubuntu. I tried a few times, and got stuck with some installations that apparently installed the os, but left me at command prompt. Being foreign to the linux prompt and it's commands, I yearned for the GUI, so eventually I found an installation that would put me directly on to the gnome desktop. so I was a happy camper after that. I've never really memorized the commands, because I would just look up instructions on the web, download them and follow them step by step. I also installed yellow dog 6.2 on my PS3 some time back too (if nothing else, just to have an additional pc if I needed one - ha ha ha), which I heard recently that Sony intends to wipe out with firmware upgrade 3.21 - bummer. so basically I'm just tinkering around to understand linux a bit better. I figure that Ubuntu is a great flavour to recycle old windows desktops. I've done that a few times for my church. I tell people it's a great way to have a simple machine to do all the internet and office productivity basics (and it's free), but most people I know are still afraid to learn a new interface. Thanks for sharing :) End of rant :) Hi Zit Seng,

Start of Rant:

Thank you for sharing your experiences thoughts and considerations on Ubuntu and Fedora. I’ve tried them both recently, and I myself will be exploring them both for different reasons too. Admittedly, I’m probably more of a end user that does a bit more tinkering (not a coder). I started with Ubuntu (ok – I haven’t been tracking versions, but I think started with 8.10 then upgraded to 9.10). I got a mac book pro, partitioned it using rEFIt, and installed it there. In terms of plug and play, I think it is fairly decent. I did have some issues with my wireless NIC, as Broadcom at the time was notorious for not providing Linux drivers. But thankfully that got settled eventually ( I just waited, and some software upgrade resolved that for me, thank you to all those nice device driver writers out there – you are very much valued).

I recently thought of understanding Fedora, so I looked up Fedora 12. I did this because most of the servers that run linux in my office use Red-hat Enterprise. So I thought I’d familiarize myself with the environment. so I started up by creating my own virtual machine instance on my Ubuntu platform. I agree that it isn’t as user friendly as Ubuntu. I tried a few times, and got stuck with some installations that apparently installed the os, but left me at command prompt. Being foreign to the linux prompt and it’s commands, I yearned for the GUI, so eventually I found an installation that would put me directly on to the gnome desktop. so I was a happy camper after that. I’ve never really memorized the commands, because I would just look up instructions on the web, download them and follow them step by step.

I also installed yellow dog 6.2 on my PS3 some time back too (if nothing else, just to have an additional pc if I needed one – ha ha ha), which I heard recently that Sony intends to wipe out with firmware upgrade 3.21 – bummer.

so basically I’m just tinkering around to understand linux a bit better. I figure that Ubuntu is a great flavour to recycle old windows desktops. I’ve done that a few times for my church. I tell people it’s a great way to have a simple machine to do all the internet and office productivity basics (and it’s free), but most people I know are still afraid to learn a new interface.

Thanks for sharing :)

End of rant :)

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