<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:06 AM, Ian Malone <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ibmalone@gmail.com">ibmalone@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I would say the opposite, Fedora's short release cycle isn't for<br>
everyone (and I say this as someone who's used Fedora as their main OS<br>
since FC1 came out) and Fedora upgrades are maybe slightly more<br>
painful than Ubuntu ones. Ubuntu has an LTS (long term support)<br>
version which may allow you to avoid upgrading for a while and<br>
upgrades are more like large system updates (think service pack in<br>
Windows). RPM vs deb, yes there are differences, but it's probably<br>
going to be one of the last things you notice.<br>
<br>
For a beginner coming from Windows I think the major hurdle for either<br>
Ubuntu or Fedora (which are the two 'flagship' choices) is that their<br>
default desktop is now very different to windows. I was introduced to<br>
Unity (Ubuntu) last weekend and personally I think it's more awkward<br>
than Gnome-shell (Fedora). So you may want to look at XFCE or KDE<br>
spins of Fedora or Ubuntu. Live CDs and VirtualBox (haven't tried that<br>
one) are a good way to dip into the water.<br>
<br>
>From a security point of view, Fedora perhaps focuses on security a<br>
bit more than Ubuntu does. This is a bit of a two edged sword if you<br>
find SELinux is preventing you doing something it shouldn't, but<br>
that's a much rarer occurence these days. It's also intentionally on<br>
the cutting edge, this means you get cut sometimes which often means<br>
time spent sorting out issues.<br>
<br>
Lastly, media friendliness: Fedora, again by choice, includes only<br>
software that can be described as free and open source, this excludes<br>
several things such as mp3 playback from the core system. There are<br>
easy solutions to this these days (just set up rpmfusion), but it does<br>
represent an extra level of difficulty (on the other hand, it isn't<br>
really difficult and might be a useful first exercise for somebody<br>
wanting to learn how things work). Ubuntu tends to include everything<br>
they think they can get away with.<br>
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Haven't mentioned SUSE as I haven't used it for years.<br></blockquote><div><br>Came to conclude whatever I choose, have to dig it out to know the things, Linux is Linux. <br></div></div>