We have some excellent Fedora people here. I am not one. Pulse audio gives people trouble on several distros including Ubuntu.
I have used Mandriva 2008 and must say it works well. It is fast and full featured. I did notice that the repositories are not as deep as Ubuntu, but I could run much of what I wanted. I do not like their package manager. It is not as flexible as Synaptic and the descriptions are lacking detail. I also found that I could not install some packages due to dependency problems. Once you have lots installed, it is only a matter of time before RPMs get out of sync and you can't install something without breaking something else with any RPM based distro, Mandriva included. Debian based systems are much more forgiving and problems are far fewer. I install lots of programs and I have seen almost any conceivable problem. RPM only works if you stick to a small number of programs and never go outside of the repositories. Once you do, you are in trouble. Compare this to Ubuntu where you can install from dpkg, Synaptic, Adept, Ultamatix, Get-deb and more and have few problems and the repositories of Ubuntu are deep enough that you seldom need to look anywhere else. That being said, you are right. Mandriva 2008 is worth exploring. I use it and like it. I can see where newbies would benefit up front, but can foresee problems down the road. ( I began my Linux experience with Mandrake, many years ago, pre-Fedora, so I would recommend it if I could, as I have lots of affection for it, notwithstanding their mistreatment of Gaël Duval.) Roy Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! Support Open source. <*,)}}+< Only dead fish go with the flow! ----- Original Message ---- From: Don Cooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, September 2, 2008 12:15:29 PM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: Hello all : ) On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:47:44 -0000 "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: > --- In LINUX_Newbies@ yahoogroups. com, Linux Canuck <linuxcanuck@ ...> > wrote: > > > > Fedora is the free version of Redhat, but it is not for newbies and > does not have as much community support as some others. Mentors are > best found in local user groups called LUGS. If there is none in your > area then look online. Online help can be found in forums such as this > one or in the community sites for each distro. A good one for Linux in > general is Linuxquestions. org. Most Linux users are caring and > helpful. Some can be a bit elitist and you may encounter a few with an > attitude, but for the most part the Linux community is great. > > > > Roy > > > > > > Linux: Fast, friendly, flexible and .... free! > > Support Open source. > > <*,)}}+< > > Only dead fish go with the flow! > > > I'm with Roy on this one. My experience with Fedora (7 & 8) was that > the frequent kernel updates (every two-three months) routinely broke > necessary, manually applied module tweaks, and that all too often, > their fixes/patches tended to break something else, which then needed > to be fixed in turn. And then, by the time they get everything worked > out, a year has gone by, they push out a new full-version release, > which starts the whole patch-break- patch process over. More hassle > than it's worth. > I've had a good experience with Fedora 9. I've been using it for a month or two. Haven't had anything break. I'm using it on an hp desktop. Really liking it. For a newbie I would recommend Mandriva. The Mandriva Control Center is fantastic. With that you can configure everything a noob would probably want to configure and then some. Including firewall, sound card, printers, and a lot more. And with a nice GUI interface to boot. -- Regards, Donald Cooley Registered Linux user 444909 -- Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account. __________________________________________________________________ Instant Messaging, free SMS, sharing photos and more... Try the new Yahoo! Canada Messenger at http://ca.beta.messenger.yahoo.com/ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
