Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-18 Thread J S
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 1:54 PM, William Henry wrote: > > I had bought the (expensive) Linux Format mag. while on a trip recently for > an article comparing Fedora and ubuntu. I managed to track > down a version > of a Linux Format mag article (ubuntu vs fedora) that doesn't require a > subscri

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-16 Thread Tom H
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Craig White wrote: > On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 00:10 -0500, Robert Myers wrote: >> I used to be a samba stud.  Once I saw that ubuntu would do it for me, >> I thought, "Why should I have to?"  I have a pretty complicated >> network.  One less application/server to c

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-14 Thread Robert Myers
On Tue, Dec 14, 2010 at 10:11 AM, Craig White wrote: > > I find that Ubuntu has an astounding number of documentation pages on > various wikis that are often out of date, do not track the upstream > packagers and sometimes add to the confusion of the users and while it > may work for some, it als

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-14 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2010-12-14 at 00:10 -0500, Robert Myers wrote: > I used to be a samba stud. Once I saw that ubuntu would do it for me, > I thought, "Why should I have to?" I have a pretty complicated > network. One less application/server to configure is nice. > > >> These are not typical clueless "des

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-13 Thread Robert Myers
On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 16:20 -0500, Robert Myers wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan >> wrote: >> > On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 14:14 -0500, Jesse Palser wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I use Ubuntu 10.10 32bit Linux. >> >> Tried

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-13 Thread Gilboa Davara
On Sun, 2010-12-12 at 16:20 -0500, Robert Myers wrote: > On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan > wrote: > > On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 14:14 -0500, Jesse Palser wrote: > > >> > >> I use Ubuntu 10.10 32bit Linux. > >> Tried F14 and was very disappointed. > > > > That's not a useful comme

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-12 Thread Robert Myers
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 14:14 -0500, Jesse Palser wrote: >> >> I use Ubuntu 10.10 32bit Linux. >> Tried F14 and was very disappointed. > > That's not a useful comment unless you explain what you didn't like. > I'm running both Fedora an

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-12 Thread Robyn Bergeron
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 11:54 AM, William Henry wrote: > > I had bought the (expensive) Linux Format mag. while on a trip recently for > an article comparing Fedora and ubuntu. I managed to track down a version of > a Linux Format mag article (ubuntu vs fedora) that doesn't require a > subscrip

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-11 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 14:14 -0500, Jesse Palser wrote: > On 12/10/2010 01:54 PM, William Henry wrote: > > I had bought the (expensive) Linux Format mag. while on a trip recently for > > an article comparing Fedora and ubuntu. I managed to track down a version > > of a Linux Format mag article (ub

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-10 Thread L
On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 6:31 AM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 12/10/2010 11:14 AM, Jesse Palser wrote: >> I use Ubuntu 10.10 32bit Linux. >> Tried F14 and was very disappointed. >> Thanks! > > I'm sorry to read that.  What didn't you like?  Remember, Fedora isn't > for everybody and doesn't try to be.  If

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-10 Thread Joe Zeff
On 12/10/2010 11:14 AM, Jesse Palser wrote: > I use Ubuntu 10.10 32bit Linux. > Tried F14 and was very disappointed. > Thanks! I'm sorry to read that. What didn't you like? Remember, Fedora isn't for everybody and doesn't try to be. If you want a distro where everything Just Works you're not

Re: Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-10 Thread Jesse Palser
On 12/10/2010 01:54 PM, William Henry wrote: > I had bought the (expensive) Linux Format mag. while on a trip recently for > an article comparing Fedora and ubuntu. I managed to track down a version of > a Linux Format mag article (ubuntu vs fedora) that doesn't require a > subscription with Lin

Linux Format mag. article F14 vs ubuntu

2010-12-10 Thread William Henry
I had bought the (expensive) Linux Format mag. while on a trip recently for an article comparing Fedora and ubuntu. I managed to track down a version of a Linux Format mag article (ubuntu vs fedora) that doesn't require a subscription with Linux Format. http://www.techradar.com/news/software/