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[ILUG] Debian or Fedora?

[ILUG] Debian or Fedora?

Barry O'Donovan ilug at ihl.ucd.ie
Wed Jan 7 12:27:31 GMT 2004


On Wed 07 Jan 2004 10:24, Brendan Halpin wrote:
> What do I install? I've been running redhat for a few years, and am
> reasonably comfortable with how it organises itself, so Fedora
> beckons. But so does the ethical purity of Debian, and the praise
> lavished in this forum and others on apt-get et alia.
>

I'd definately say go with Fedora. It has all the latest software (e.g. 
KDE 3.1 etc) as well as being very "pretty" - including a new X based 
graphical boot.

Also, apt-get is available for Fedora:

http://apt.freshrpms.net/
and a local repository on HEANet.

B.

-- 
Regards,
Barry O'Donovan  -  www.ihl.ucd.ie

Roinn na Ríomheolaíochta, An Coláiste Ollscoile, Baile Átha Cliath, 
Éire.
Department of Computer Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.



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