Re: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin is there !

Thank you Bart.

You may have just convinced me to stick with the Devil I think I know 
better.

DaveR

Bart Trojanowski wrote:
> It's a tough choice.
>
> On one hand, a distribution's primary goal is to provide you with
> packages.  Ubuntu has a much better system, as it's based on Debian's
> apt.
>
> On the other hand, Ubuntu is trying to separate itself from Linux as
> much as it can.  And Fedora is the disto used by most core Linux
> developers... probably because most of them work for RedHat :)
>
> I think you'll find that Ubuntu is a pleasure as long as Ubuntu cares
> about the same things you do.  It's the platform I'd install for my
> children and parents as they are casual users, but I personally
> dislike Ubuntu because things "out of the box" are often broken.
>
> Ubuntu has traditionally been about desktop users.  They have a server
> release, but it's not their flag ship.  Their new obsession is mobile
> linux, putting them even further from servers.
>
> I'd expect that RAID support would be the same on both, since this is
> a core system/kernel feature.  But if anyone could break it, it would
> more likely be Ubuntu... since kernel devs work on Fedora.
>
> This is the first time I am going to recommend Fedora over Ubuntu, but
> I really dislike where Ubuntu has been heading lately.
>
> -Bart
>
> On Thu, Apr 26, 2012 at 13:28, Dave <[email protected]> wrote:
>   
>> I just received notification of that release, and was considering
>> replacing my Fedora14 with that, something that doesn't require updating
>> on a six-month cycle.
>> I have no experience with Ubuntu on a Linux software-RAID, or running as
>> a server (http, ftp).
>> Your experience - favourable?
>> I'd probably take the machine down to bare metal, rebuilding RAID
>> arrays, intending to restore user and server files via USB external drive.
>> Would this Fedora-Ubuntu migration be a Foolish Thing? What might bite
>> me in the butt?
>>
>> TIA;
>> DaveR
>>
>> Jean-Francois Messier wrote:
>>     
>>> Just to let you know that I have the ISO files, for Desktop, Server and
>>> Alternate, for both i386 and amd64. I will have all those files at the
>>> next meeting.
>>>
>>> JF
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Linux: Le droit de choisir
>>> Linux: The right to choose
>>>
>>>
>>>       
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