[in the news] Linux Format magazine article - Ubuntu vs. Fedora: Which is best?

[Misha Shnurapet]

16.12.2010, 16:02, info at bensoftent.com:
> There really shouldnt be any comparism between Ubuntu & Fedora, I think
> Fedora's Installation needs to be a bit more easier especially during
> system partitioning. (debians have an edge here), Also, we really need to
> work on the look & feel for GNOME, i strongly suggest we have Cairo-dock
> up and running in F15 by default. It makes us different & unique. I joined
> the design team to see if we can come up with something like a splendid
> background. Overall, Fedora outclasses other Linux distros.

Aren't we having GNOME-Shell for Fedora 15?

>>  Paul-Marc Bougharios пишет:
>>>  On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 06:13, Misha Shnurapet
>>>  <shnurapet at fedoraproject.org <mailto:shnurapet at fedoraproject.org>>
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>      13.12.2010, 00:15, "Robyn Bergeron" <robyn.bergeron at gmail.com
>>>      <mailto:robyn.bergeron at gmail.com>>:
>>>>  Thanks to the folks on the users at fp.o mailing list for sharing
>>>      this one:
>>>      http://www.techradar.com/news/software/operating-systems/ubuntu-vs-fedora-which-is-best--907546?artc_pg=1
>>>>  The Ubuntu team, for example, have radically altered their
>>>      installer for this release to make everything simpler, easier and
>>>      more efficient. One of the new tricks is to have the installer
>>>      collect user input (such as usernames and passwords) while the
>>>      system install is taking place.
>>>>  Enter your user data and system info while the installer is
>>>      writing packages to the disk, to save a little bit of time.
>>>
>>>      I think it's a great idea.
>>>
>>>      --
>>>      Best regards,
>>>      Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor
>>>      http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Shnurapet
>>>      shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org <http://fedoraproject.org>, GPG:
>>>  00217306
>>>
>>>  Except that it has some issues such as locking/freezing when the
>>>  installer is requiring much of the system's resources...
>>  I doubt that there are any reasons for this.
>>  Moreover anaconda has the ability to use the same info, and gets it from
>>  a kickstart file. I think it's not too hard to implement gathering such
>>  info during installation process.
>>  And Ubuntu prove it. Any locking/freezing is a bugs and should be fixed.

-- 
Best regards,
Misha Shnurapet, Fedora Project Contributor
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Shnurapet
shnurapet AT fedoraproject.org, GPG: 00217306