No one using Arch? When I used, I find it delightful.
-- Leon Waldman Senior Linux/UNIX SysAdmin & Consultant. Back-End & Infrastructure Architect. On Aug 4, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Leslie S Satenstein <[email protected]> wrote: > I started with Fedora 6, and have been a follower for all the updates. > > I also have Debian, Ubuntu, Lint and Centos as partitions distributed across > two computers. > If I boot one system, I stay with it for a day. Actually, Fedora is 3 days > per week and the others one day per week. > > yum is similar to apt-get sudo yum update or sudo yum install. > > Like the other systems, mentioned, there is a gui update and a gui add/remove > software. > > > ------------------ > > Regards > > Leslie > Mr. Leslie Satenstein > 50 years in Information Technology and going strong. > Yesterday was a good day, today is a better day, > and tomorrow will be even better. > > mailto:[email protected] > alternative: [email protected] > www.itbms.biz > > > --- On Thu, 8/2/12, Brian van den Broek <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Brian van den Broek <[email protected]> > Subject: [MLUG] gotchas for refugee from ubuntu/debian-land new to Fedora? > To: "Montreal Linux Users Group" <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, August 2, 2012, 6:17 PM > > Hi all, > > This morning, I've installed Fedora 17 (LXDE edition) on my desktop. > I've run only debian derivatives (mostly ubuntu and crunchbang). I've > been running linux exclusively since 2005. > > The ways of those who talk of yum and rpms are strange and unfamiliar > to me. As I suspect other MLUG'ers have gone from ubuntu (or at least > debian-based) to Fedora, I am hopeful that some wisdom can be shared > to help me avoid the painful bits of the process. Anything I can watch > out for that folks with my transition tend to stumble over? > > Not sure it matters, but the reasons I moved are mainly that 1) ubuntu > is less and less a happy fit as they target someone who is less and > less like me (a terminal is my command-launcher of choice) even if you > put aside the whole unity thing, 2) (the most excellent) crunchbang > will stay on my netbook, but I want my desktop to be on something with > better backing than a mostly one man show can provide, and 3) since I > was changing up anyway, a big shift seemed worthwhile, and 4) fedora's > "first" value appeals. > > Best, > > Brian vdB > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
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