Fedora vs Ubuntu

LinuxConfig ^ | 25 May 2018 | Nick Congleton

[bgill]

[Boomer]

If you are coming from Windows, and want a Debian-compatible distro, Linux Mint is probably the most suitable overall.

Agreed. It's the shortest learning curve and it just works. If my computer were a server it could probably run months before needing a restart. As a stand-alone home computer being used 8-10 hours a day for a vast array of programs and app's; restarting it once a month or every 6 weeks is plenty.

I've often wondered why Windows was never as stable and user-friendly as Linux Mint when MS has billions of dollars and thousands of people working on their product vs the hundreds working on Linux. Plus Linux is free vs Windows being a pay product that constantly needs updating to patch all the security holes and bad code. One would think it would be the opposite.

Conclusion: Windows uses the customer as its testing base. It's also a better target for hackers and wannabe hackers.

[Conan the Librarian]

My issue with all (that I have tried) versions of Linux is getting Wine to run my Windows programs well.

There are just some things that aren’t produced with Linux in mind.

Is there a version that does better using Wine that others?

[ShadowAce]

My first question is what Windows programs are you trying to run?

[upchuck]

I ditched Windows 7 for Linux Mint. Works better than Windows.

I'm hoping to do the same. My hangup is certain Windows programs I use a lot. Like financial and mapping software. To my knowledge neither of these programs has a Linux counterpoint. Suggestions? Maybe dual boot?

[Dalberg-Acton]

WINE may run those programs within Linux. Dual boot is okay or you could install Windows in Virtual Box so you don’t have to keep rebooting your PC.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Which version of WINE?
I have a Windows program (Caligari Truespace) that I got to run by installing a newer version of WINE and running one actual Windows DLL.

[Conan the Librarian]

Several, mainly Cartes du Ceil (an astronomy program), a number of games, and some TV software (and there may be a linux solution to that problem).

I haven’t tried in a while, but, should do so.

[Conan the Librarian]

When I have time to give it a go, I will try this.

The only version of Linux I had any real luck with was Knoppix 6.2 (the last one I could find). The hard disk died in my laptop and I couldn’t afford to buy a new one at the time. So I was running Koppix off of a CD and then a thumb drive.

Thanks for everyone’s advice though.

[Conan the Librarian]

And I just noted that Knoppix is now up to 8.1. I may have to give that another go.

[M Kehoe]

Drudge wears a fedora.

Sorry.

5.56mm

[ConservativeMind]

I am a Mint fan and user, too.

[ConservativeMind]

Knoppix was my first non-college foray into Linux.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I think I’m using KDE. Never had any issues so I never tried another.

[upchuck]

Thanks.

[dayglored]

Kinda strange there's no mention of CentOS. If one is going for the RedHat family, Fedora is the leading (if not bleeding) edge distro. But if one wants RedHat's legendary stability, and doesn't want to pay the premium for RHEL, CentOS is RHEL with free community support.

Any thoughts on why this was ignored by the author?

[ShadowAce]

Kinda strange there's no mention of CentOS.

I can post that article, too, if you wish

[dayglored]

LOL, if I weren't sneak-posting from work, I would have taken the time to browse the linuxconfig.org site, and would have discovered the family of comparison articles. No need to post that one article separately, now that I know it's there.

That site is a great resource! Thanks!

[Fedora]

Fedora is a clone of Redhat Linux

I am not!

[ShadowAce]

I am not!

LOL! The article is wrong on that. Fedora is Red Hat's test bed. It is very far out front on RHEL. In fact RHEL 7.5 (current version) is running kernel 3.10.x, while Fedora is currently running 4.16.15.