I use Fedora but my guess is the following: - large community support - support for various hardware (specially network and audio cards) - already includes proprietary codecs like MP3 - Debian-based
I'm curious too. But some friends whom I've convinced to switch to Linux got Ubuntu working in one pass compared to Fedora. I haven't tried Ubuntu on my laptop (Compaq Presario X1000) but Fedora works just out of the box since FC6. Been using it since FC3. -- JP Loh http://www.jploh.com/ On 9/4/07, David R. Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > I am writing this because I am thoroughly confused by something. I have > tried Ubuntu each release since v5. I have to tell you, when it comes > to distros, I do not care for it. Let me be clearer...I can't stand > it. With so many distros already out there, why Ubuntu? Fedora, > OpenSUSE, Mandriva and Debian all have excellent desktop and server > apps. Why Ubuntu? I don't understand this cult-like following, but am > willing to listen. > > Would anyone be willing to help me understand what makes this distro so > popular? > > Thanks, > > Dave > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
