Adding Ubuntu to a list of distros I use, in addition to Fedora & RHEL…
I have recently fed up with the broken dependencies and potential boot problems after ever every update and decided to give Ubuntu a try – an action that was long awaiting on my to do list.
Although this does not mean I dumped Fedora – as I have been involved with Fedora every since the Fedora Core 1, it is a simple head up and look around.
The reasons for my recent ubuntu interest are
- Ubuntu has been around for a while and quite mature, even one can argue it is more stable then Fedora
- I have recently dived into the Android platform. Android uses the Ubuntu as the base
- I have also interest in intel’s netbook targeted OS – Moblin
- I have been long planning to get accustomed to debian breed linux systems
- If I get knowledgeable on ubuntu, I can convert more Microsoft users to Linux as Ubuntu seems to target the end users and remove the barriers for non-GPL software sources and propriety / copyrighted software
- etc, etc.
For those that are hardcore console users like me, when it comes to maintaining the OS, yum and rpm have always been the best friends. Now there seems to be a need for crash course to adopt apt and dpkg utilities and not surprisingly a simple googling revealed ubuntu already prepared the info for us.
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Why not using Debian (Sid or Testing) itself ?
Ubuntu must be upgraded when a new version is released.
Mostly, there will be problems when upgrading to a new version.
Debian is a rolling update that means the upgrades are happening all the time. No big bang upgrade like Fedora and Ubuntu…few problems at all
Thomas
13 Mar 10 at 00:09
Fair enough…
Admittedly, being a hardcore user on “redhat-land”, when it comes to debian or derivatives I am a newbie. I am well aware of the existence of Debian but I have no clue as to how much more or less it takes to deal with debian. And as ubuntu has a lot of investments on debian platform, a basic rule of thumb is “they should be providing an added value”. With the experience I have from again redhat systems, this should be the easy management of non-GPL, propriety, etc. extensions and provisions.
Based on that mindset, I can cite to reasons,
- Easier adoption of non-tech users that I try to convert from MS users around me
- To be able to use the experience and the “brand value” of Ubuntu for my professional life. I know that if I go to enterprises in my ecosystem, and installed debian they would feel more comfortable if there is a company behind. This is not something I believe, but a truth I live everyday. ı have come across cases some clients do not want to run tomcat but install a full blown application server and only use the servlet provision features of the AS, which is embedded tomcat in most cases…
Hasan Ceylan
13 Mar 10 at 00:52