Re:Ubuntu continues to rule the cloud
by mindcrime on Sunday August 30, 2015 @03:02AM
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Yeah, I started with Linux about 1997 or so, and by about 2000 or 2001 was running Linux exclusively as my desktop OS.
The distros certainly have a lot in common, but each has its quirks and idioms, and once you learn them, it's annoying to have to bother learning another. Like, once I've memorized how to do a lot of things with RPM and Yum, it becomes "friction" to suggest that I learn to do the same things with apt.
I don't have any problem with Ubuntu, and I think it's fine for new users. I stick with Fedora really for two reasons:
1. The aforementioned familiarity.
and
2. They are more ideologically committed to software freedom, in terms of not shipping things like mp3 support, where you have patent encumbrance issues. I have been trying to gradually shift my life to a place where I don't need that stuff at all, or where I do, I use OSS / free software to interact with it. I mean, I'm pragmatic enough to use VLC to watch DVD's, but I don't go out of my way to use any content that isn't in a free format, etc.
The distros certainly have a lot in common, but each has its quirks and idioms, and once you learn them, it's annoying to have to bother learning another. Like, once I've memorized how to do a lot of things with RPM and Yum, it becomes "friction" to suggest that I learn to do the same things with apt.
I don't have any problem with Ubuntu, and I think it's fine for new users. I stick with Fedora really for two reasons:
1. The aforementioned familiarity.
and
2. They are more ideologically committed to software freedom, in terms of not shipping things like mp3 support, where you have patent encumbrance issues. I have been trying to gradually shift my life to a place where I don't need that stuff at all, or where I do, I use OSS / free software to interact with it. I mean, I'm pragmatic enough to use VLC to watch DVD's, but I don't go out of my way to use any content that isn't in a free format, etc.