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Ubuntu or Fedora?
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adrianx
Expert Member
If you are planning to install Fedora 10, I recommend this script - it should make your life a whole lot easier:
http://dnmouse.org/autoten.html
There is also something very similar called EasyLife:
http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=217092
http://dnmouse.org/autoten.html
There is also something very similar called EasyLife:
http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=217092
Smiley_lauf
Expert Member
my experience with F10 seems much like this: what windows is to linux, ubuntu is to fedora. Ubuntu just works. Fedora is more for the fundis and for those that have so much time at hand to make it work.
<moLe>
Expert Member
U can change that in a heartbeat really dog simple to download and install a theme see www.gnome-look.org
Ockie
Resident Lead Bender
New to Ubuntu
I first downloaded Fedora 9 last week as i was told that there is a Vodafone driver for my E220 on that distribution. Downloaded the driver and installed Fedora. Does not work. Keeps on coming up with i must be root or i am not in Sudoers folder. Then i looked into the new Ubuntu release and saw that the 8.10 release now supports the E220 modem. Downloaded the image and burnt to disc. Ran the live disc and my E220 works flawlessly with it. I tried Ubunto a year or so ago and was not impressed. Nothing worked, including my E220 modem, but have to hand it to them, they got it right this time. Messed up my laptop though with Fedora, Windows Vista and partial Ubuntu on there, so going to use my Windows recovery discs to redo laptop from scratch and then install Ubuntu within windows as I still want to use my Nero with it. For everything else i will be switching to Ubunto. Seems to be relatively easy and safe to use now. My previous experience with Ubuntu was a bad one as when i saw it does not do what i want it to do, had to take my hard drive out, build into another PC to get the partition off...but now i see Ubuntu comes with its own partition manager on the Live CD and as a backup i also have Gparted. Lets just hope i get my Laptop back in order so that i can start playing with Ubuntu. For new users, i would recommend the new 8.10 Ubuntu.
I first downloaded Fedora 9 last week as i was told that there is a Vodafone driver for my E220 on that distribution. Downloaded the driver and installed Fedora. Does not work. Keeps on coming up with i must be root or i am not in Sudoers folder. Then i looked into the new Ubuntu release and saw that the 8.10 release now supports the E220 modem. Downloaded the image and burnt to disc. Ran the live disc and my E220 works flawlessly with it. I tried Ubunto a year or so ago and was not impressed. Nothing worked, including my E220 modem, but have to hand it to them, they got it right this time. Messed up my laptop though with Fedora, Windows Vista and partial Ubuntu on there, so going to use my Windows recovery discs to redo laptop from scratch and then install Ubuntu within windows as I still want to use my Nero with it. For everything else i will be switching to Ubunto. Seems to be relatively easy and safe to use now. My previous experience with Ubuntu was a bad one as when i saw it does not do what i want it to do, had to take my hard drive out, build into another PC to get the partition off...but now i see Ubuntu comes with its own partition manager on the Live CD and as a backup i also have Gparted. Lets just hope i get my Laptop back in order so that i can start playing with Ubuntu. For new users, i would recommend the new 8.10 Ubuntu.