Ubuntu vs Fedora

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hey all

I've been using fedora for quite some time now to run a few home services like a web server, mysql, ftp, subversion, etc. I've been recommended by a friend to try the new unbuntu and would like to know if their are any particular advantages of it over fedora. I'd like to know if I'll be able to use it as a desktop solution whilst still maintaining all my current services.
 
I prefer the amount of support there is for Ubuntu, personally. That is my major attraction to the distro.
 
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You can do anything in Ubuntu. I do have LAMP on my Ubuntu, works fine, you can run probably any server there you like....
 
I'd like to know if I'll be able to use it as a desktop solution whilst still maintaining all my current services.
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Short answer, yes.

Sometimes different distros use different software to accomplish the exact same thing (like http servers, mail servers, etc.) since there are lots of open source ones available.

At worst you will have to reconfigure and learn a new app, or download the source and install it, but I'm 90% sure that Ubuntu will have all the software that Fedora has.

Back-up your data, install Ubuntu and have a look at the repos, there WILL be similar if not the same software.

Hope I understood the question right....
 
MyWorld said:
Short answer, yes.

Sometimes different distros use different software to accomplish the exact same thing (like http servers, mail servers, etc.) since there are lots of open source ones available.

At worst you will have to reconfigure and learn a new app, or download the source and install it, but I'm 90% sure that Ubuntu will have all the software that Fedora has.

Back-up your data, install Ubuntu and have a look at the repos, there WILL be similar if not the same software.

Hope I understood the question right....
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Errr...

The software will be the SAME. The only difference might be between using Gnome instead of KDE, but then he can always use Kubuntu. The only real difference is the package management; Fedora is RPM-based whilst Ubuntu is Deb-based, meaning that installing apps on it is just that much easier.
 
Kasyx said:
Errr...

The software will be the SAME. The only difference might be between using Gnome instead of KDE, but then he can always use Kubuntu. The only real difference is the package management; Fedora is RPM-based whilst Ubuntu is Deb-based, meaning that installing apps on it is just that much easier.
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+1.
 
can't see what makes a .deb easier to install than a .rpm either?

same difference to me
 
I find that debian applications are a little easier to install than redhat applications. Can't really explain why. Not much difference, but still...
 
Kasyx said:
Errr...

The software will be the SAME. The only difference might be between using Gnome instead of KDE, but then he can always use Kubuntu. The only real difference is the package management; Fedora is RPM-based whilst Ubuntu is Deb-based, meaning that installing apps on it is just that much easier.
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Uhm, NO.

Debian /= RedHat - they are totally different in many aspects. And I'm not just talking about the package managers. On the one side, both Ubuntu & Fedora Core strives to work on the latest hardware (like 3D cards, sound cards, wifi, etc etc), but on the otherside, the kernel differs, and a lot of the structure as well. Their target markets differ, Ubuntu caters for newcommers, whereas FC caters for Bleeding edge server / network stuff with the added new hardware support.

For that matter, it's still the same as putting Debian up against Redhat, up against Slackware, etc.

froot said:
I find that debian applications are a little easier to install than redhat applications. Can't really explain why. Not much difference, but still...
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It really boils down to your own preference. I used to think FreeBSD & OpenBSD's ports were the best, till I tried the others out, and they all can do the same thing at the end of the day. The commands differ a bit, but when it comes to installing an application, .deb & .rpm does the same thing
 
thanks for all the comments..

I decided to give ubuntu a bash and so far I must say that I'm very impressed. I didn't realise how much further they've stepped up and entered the desktop market. The interface is easy to use from a gui perspective and much 'lighter' than fedora core. I used the synaptics package manager to install a complete lamp solution with the click of 1 button, then added the webmin repository to apt and installed that in a matter of minutes. I did however land up downloading quite a few packages and dependancies since I installed the desktop version and not the server version, but this was primarily because I wanted to use this box for both.

The only problem I had was with the 'network manager' when creating pppoe connections. It landed up enabling/disabling itself randomly when I created multiple pppoe connections, and then not letting me untick 'use dns servers from the isp' since I wanted to use a local ipcop gateway there.

I'd like to use it as a media center as well, so does anyone know of any software which will allow it to pick up my creative infrared receiver (which game with my audigy)?
 
ubuntu has no advantage over fedora. even on the support front, there is as an active fedora community at forums.fedoraforum.org.

rpm over deb? i have both debian and fedora running and any differences i suspect are perceived.

ubuntu has done a great job in marketing itself. but when you start to use a number of distros you seen see that they are almost all the same. the differentiator then probably becomes the version software the distro runs. and in that instance fedora is seen as a bleeding edge distro so runs the latest software. hell fedora 9 released with what is essentially the developmental version of xorg.

all in all, it really comes down to personal preference. i've previously stated i don't care much for ubuntu. i've always found fedora to run faster on my PC. and in fact that led to my installing Fedora 9 as the OS on my laptop.
 
i dont really like both OPENSUSE all the way but on all the pcs i've tested ive found ubuntu unstable the most likely to crash may be its hardware related but i've had better success with fedora on the pc's ive tried installing linux i also agree that ubuntu seems more catered for newbies
 
wezhira said:
i dont really like both OPENSUSE all the way but on all the pcs i've tested ive found ubuntu unstable the most likely to crash may be its hardware related but i've had better success with fedora on the pc's ive tried installing linux i also agree that ubuntu seems more catered for newbies
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Ubuntu is not only for newbies, but anyone looking for a fun time with Linux. I don't think I've had any issues with Ubuntu at all.
 
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