Fedora 8 A Serious Threat to Ubuntu

Tubs writes "According to MadPenguin.org's latest article, Fedora 8 from Red Hat is a serious threat to Ubuntu. The author writes, "I was never that swept up with past releases of Fedora. There was nothing compelling about it. But for the first time, I cannot help but feel that the Fedora team has been spoon fed an extra helping of Wheaties, which has put them into overdrive with their accessibility efforts."

fedora is an upgrade treadmill

[Jepler]

Fedora is an upgrade treadmill. With Fedora, you're stuck upgrading every 12 months or so, or you can't get security updates anymore. With Fedora, install an LTS version and you're covered for 5 years on the server. That's why I switched.

Re:fedora is an upgrade treadmill

[Anonymous Coward]

So you switched from Fedora to Fedora and found that it improved...interesting.

Proofreading, anyone?

Re:Linux Wars?

[Anonymous Coward]

What are you, a commie? EVERYTHING is a competition. You have to be number one. Coming in second is just not an option. It is your responsibility as a living being to completely win over every other living being at all costs. For example, I make sure I go outside and yell at my lawn at least twice a week and I kick the trees along my street every Tuesday just to show them who's the boss. If Fedora 8 can "win" over Ubuntu, that is a "win" for all of us and we will all laugh and be happy and dance around our living rooms with the now-famous "Unix Wins" dance that we've all seen on TV. If, however, Fedora 8 cannot WIN... then we must all immediately side with Canonical and weep with joy over how wonderful Ubuntu is and how it is the best. Give your head a shake, get a haircut, move out of your commune and join the real world... where there is only ONE WINNER and YOU must be that winner.

Thomas "the winner of Sarcasm" Dzubin

Re:Linux Wars?

[thomasdz]

Damn, I meant to post that as "thomasdz", oh well... I guess I WIN at that also!

Updated Summary

[Anonymous Coward]

Also, TFA has absolutely no content on which to base its claims.

Here's the updated summary soon to appear after Taco makes his edit:

Crock Itand Tubs writes

"According to hyperbolic sensationalist Matt Hartley's complete lack of objective journalism skills, MadPenguin.org was duped into running another misleading article full of innuendo about battles, fights, conflicts, wars, and skirmishes where none exist. The upshot of the piece essentially was that if you download the 6 extra CDs required to install Fedora then it may have one (or possibly two, depending on your accounting system) newish featurettes which you are unlikely to use and will be soon available in Ubuntu anyway. The flamebait ended with a plea to please click the ads; no really, please!"

Re:Issues with the article already.

[DoofusOfDeath]

I'm supposed to take this reviewer seriously, when he hasn't got around to testing Debian Etch but wants me to trust his knowledge of Linux systems, including Ubuntu? Right.

Posting from an Ubuntu 64 workstation, running several Debian Etch VPS containers in VMWare Server, and a couple of dedicated Debian and FreeBSD boxes on this LAN.

Are you like, totally serious? You've set that all up by yourself. OMG OMG OMG!!! Please, like, tell us your opinion on FC8 vs. Ubuntu. Pleeeeeasssseeee ;)

(I so can't wait to tell my friends that I actually talked to you! OMG OMG OMG... )

Re:And we all know what too much fiber causes...

[ChameleonDave]

I just want what most of us want - Results; An OS that works for me, a speaker of English with a fully-working set of human senses and a collection of media files that includes QT, RM, and yes, even a bit of WM.

Most of us? People who only know English are a distinct minority.

Re:Please be serious

[anilg]

Bah.. you and your fancy make schmake.. Us real users start parsing int main(char*.. in our minds .