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20080130 Werewolf Vs Gutsy Gibbon
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The bad network performance (i.e. [[http://docs.google.com/ | Google docs' spreadsheet]] was a pain to use) finally made me switch to Ubuntu Linux 7.10. I downloaded the ISO image and didn't even have to waste a DVD+/-R(W). And for
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The bad network performance (i.e. [[http://docs.google.com/ | Google docs' spreadsheet]] was a pain to use) finally made me switch to Ubuntu Linux 7.10. I downloaded the ISO image and didn't even have to waste a DVD+/-R(W). And for [[http://lubi.sourceforge.net/unetbootin.html |UNetbootin]]'s sake I didn't even have to go through manually repartitioning mounting the ISO image and copying stuff around. Yipeeh!
!!!! Good
* Ubuntu 7.10 installed over the web from the local mirror in a fair amount of time. Applications/packages:
** GNOME desktop
** firefox
** evolution
** openoffice.org
* Sound works.
* No network problems! I.e. Google docs' spreadsheets perform the way I was used to it!
!!!! Bad
Setting up evolution put one "fly in the ointment": The frame size of the wizard (which is a nice one, and I usually ''hate'' configuration wizards) was too wide and therefore the "next" button was not on screen.
!!! Conclusion
I don't regret the switch to Ubuntu 7.10.
The user friendlyness seems far superior '''''to me'''''. It behaves more the way I'd expect. Way to go!
!!!! Good
* Ubuntu 7.10 installed over the web from the local mirror in a fair amount of time. Applications/packages:
** GNOME desktop
** firefox
** evolution
** openoffice.org
* Sound works.
* No network problems! I.e. Google docs' spreadsheets perform the way I was used to it!
!!!! Bad
Setting up evolution put one "fly in the ointment": The frame size of the wizard (which is a nice one, and I usually ''hate'' configuration wizards) was too wide and therefore the "next" button was not on screen.
!!! Conclusion
I don't regret the switch to Ubuntu 7.10.
The user friendlyness seems far superior '''''to me'''''. It behaves more the way I'd expect. Way to go!
January 30, 2008, at 01:16 AM
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[- Or: How Fedora once again disappointed me. -]
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[- Or 'How Fedora once again disappointed me'. -]
!!! History
Well, I started Linux with S.u.S.E. (back then they still used the dots in the name) Linux (I think it was a 6.0 evaluation CD that came with "Linux for Dummies" from MIT press).
At [[http://www.linuxtag.org/ | Linuxtag]] 2000 (in Stuttgart, Germany) I got a box of the then just obsoleted RedHat 6.1 distribution. I installed it and was instantly disappointed.
I tried several other distros. Here are the ones I remember, in no particular order:
* Mandriva 7.1 (which I also got at Linuxtag 2000)
* S.u.S.E. / SuSE / SUSE / openSUSE 6.0, 6.3, 7.?, 8.?, 9.?, 10.0
* RedHat 6.?, 7.?
* Fedora Core 4 RC3, 8 ("Werewolf")
* Debian 2.2 ("Potato"), 3.0 ("Woody")
* Knoppix 2.2, 3.?, 5.2
* Slackware 10.0
* Scientific linux (based on RedHat Enterprise Linux) 4.0, 5.0
The less-problematic distro was Slackware. It didn't claim to be so shiny, userfriendly, easy to use, good looking, ...
Instead it just worked. It's the most unix-ish Linux I've seen and I really enjoyed using it. Nevertheless, I never got my Palm (or USB in general) to work with it, so I switched to openSUSE 10.0
!!! Some weeks ago
I don't remember the exact date, but it definitely was already 2008. I downloaded the not-so-fresh Fedora Core 8 after having read a few reviews, which stated, how cool and mature it was.
!!!! Good
* Installation went without any problems.
* Installing missing packages using yum was fairly easy (I never used the GUI for that).
* Sound worked too. Yeay!
* Installing KDE and XFCE was easy as child's play!
!!!! Bad
* Kopete (KDE instant messenging application) always had trouble with the sound device.
* I experienced '''extremely poor network performance'''.
!!! Today
The bad network performance (i.e. [[http://docs.google.com/ | Google docs' spreadsheet]] was a pain to use) finally made me switch to Ubuntu Linux 7.10. I downloaded the ISO image and didn't even have to waste a DVD+/-R(W). And for
!!! History
Well, I started Linux with S.u.S.E. (back then they still used the dots in the name) Linux (I think it was a 6.0 evaluation CD that came with "Linux for Dummies" from MIT press).
At [[http://www.linuxtag.org/ | Linuxtag]] 2000 (in Stuttgart, Germany) I got a box of the then just obsoleted RedHat 6.1 distribution. I installed it and was instantly disappointed.
I tried several other distros. Here are the ones I remember, in no particular order:
* Mandriva 7.1 (which I also got at Linuxtag 2000)
* S.u.S.E. / SuSE / SUSE / openSUSE 6.0, 6.3, 7.?, 8.?, 9.?, 10.0
* RedHat 6.?, 7.?
* Fedora Core 4 RC3, 8 ("Werewolf")
* Debian 2.2 ("Potato"), 3.0 ("Woody")
* Knoppix 2.2, 3.?, 5.2
* Slackware 10.0
* Scientific linux (based on RedHat Enterprise Linux) 4.0, 5.0
The less-problematic distro was Slackware. It didn't claim to be so shiny, userfriendly, easy to use, good looking, ...
Instead it just worked. It's the most unix-ish Linux I've seen and I really enjoyed using it. Nevertheless, I never got my Palm (or USB in general) to work with it, so I switched to openSUSE 10.0
!!! Some weeks ago
I don't remember the exact date, but it definitely was already 2008. I downloaded the not-so-fresh Fedora Core 8 after having read a few reviews, which stated, how cool and mature it was.
!!!! Good
* Installation went without any problems.
* Installing missing packages using yum was fairly easy (I never used the GUI for that).
* Sound worked too. Yeay!
* Installing KDE and XFCE was easy as child's play!
!!!! Bad
* Kopete (KDE instant messenging application) always had trouble with the sound device.
* I experienced '''extremely poor network performance'''.
!!! Today
The bad network performance (i.e. [[http://docs.google.com/ | Google docs' spreadsheet]] was a pain to use) finally made me switch to Ubuntu Linux 7.10. I downloaded the ISO image and didn't even have to waste a DVD+/-R(W). And for
January 30, 2008, at 12:53 AM
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!! Werewolf vs Gutsy Gibbon
[- Or: How Fedora once again disappointed me. -]
[- Or: How Fedora once again disappointed me. -]