UBUNTU or FEDORA 8

[DukeNukem]

Hi to all you Guys

Please pull me out from this

Ive got Fedora 8 DvD and Ubuntu 7.10 Cd

Which one is better for me (or for any one)

my tower configuration is
PIII 1GHZ /512 MB Ram / 250 GB HDD (PRI) / 160 GB HDD (SLV)/ i815 DFI Board/ DvD RW/ CD RW.

Can you guys suggest as today i have to start using my PC ( of course after installing the OS)

 

[adi007]

well u have ubuntu cd and fedora 8 dvd
Go for fedora 8 then...
If u had both DVD's then i suggest ubuntu

 

[ray|raven]

Depends on what ur area of work is.
IMO Fedora DVD Comes with too much stuff that we rarely use.
If u have a good net connection,its better to use Ubuntu and install the packages u need.

Regards,
ray

 

[MetalheadGautham]

to get a good answer, answer these questions:

1. what will be the use you will put your PC to?
2. do you have an internet connection? if so, which?(give details about cost, bandwidth and speed)

and to others, I noticed that fedora 8 recomends a min 400mhz prosessor while ubuntu recomends min 50mhz prosessor. it does not make a difference for many, but for 1ghz p3?

 

[The_Devil_Himself]

he got p3 guys.I wud suggest neither of them,instead go for Xubuntu IMO.

 

[ray|raven]

Lolz,No.
Xubuntu and Ubuntu use the same base.
The difference is the DE used.
Xfce is faster on lower-ram based systems.
IMO therre wud be no cpu-usage difference in the two on that system.
AFAIK that system is pretty much capable of running ubuntu.
Still if speed is what matters, get something based on slack,
or cook urself a custom gentoo install.

Regards,
ray

 

[praka123]

Ubuntu FTW!use it!easy *images.bravenet.com/brpics/smilie/2_smile.gif

 

[DukeNukem]

to get a good answer, answer these questions:

1. what will be the use you will put your PC to?
2. do you have an internet connection? if so, which?(give details about cost, bandwidth and speed)

and to others, I noticed that fedora 8 recomends a min 400mhz prosessor while ubuntu recomends min 50mhz prosessor. it does not make a difference for many, but for 1ghz p3?

I need it for Oracle 11G,

Got 256 KBps Unlimi ADSL Connection

Ubuntu FTW!use it!easy *images.bravenet.com/brpics/smilie/2_smile.gif

Okee dokee

Ive tested Both of them On My Machine (no im not a jack@#$)

And Ive find these readings

UBUNTU 7.10 :
1. RUNS LIKE WIND,
2. APPLICATIONS ARE EXECUTED THE MOMENT MOUSE CLICK TWICE
3. ORACLE 11G INSTALLATION TIME 1/4 OF SAME ON FEDORA
4. CAN BROWSE WEB PAGES WHILE INSTALLING ORACLE 11G

FEDORA 8 :
1. 100 YEAR OLD LADY CAN CLIMB STAIRS FASTER,
2. HAVE TO WAIT FOR RESPONSE,
3. SCROLLING WEB PAGE TAKES AGES AND SOMETIMES LOST WITHIN (LOL)
4. CAN THINK OF BROWSING WEB PAGES WHILE INSTALLING ORACLE 11G



So I'll Stick to Ubuntu Untill P '007' Comes to Market

 

[utsav]

^^whats P 007?

 

[DukeNukem]

^^whats P 007?

Pentium '007

 

[MetalheadGautham]

he got p3 guys.I wud suggest neither of them,instead go for Xubuntu IMO.

and so are icebintu and fluxbuntu.

my question is: why do you have a crappy processor when the other parts are quite decent for an Indian?

 

[DukeNukem]

and so are icebintu and fluxbuntu.

my question is: why do you have a crappy processor when the other parts are quite decent for an Indian?

PIII 1GHz is a Crappy Processor ???????????????????

This Beauty is my Second Best Girl friend (lol)
(first one was PIII 550 Mhz, Relationship lasted only a week)
And this one is with me from Aug' 2001 (happy relationship, isnt it)

It Don ask anything, i can turn it off any time (no complaints yet)

 

[topgear]

P 007 means james bond's Pentium Rig

As you've tested ubuntu & it's running well on your rig why bother with other distributions.

But I am now using open suse 10.3. & leaved fedora. It's like a charm.

 

[praka123]

opensuse will be crawling in ur system.

 

[DukeNukem]

opensuse will be crawling in ur system.

You are wrong Bro. OpenSUSE 10.2 Runs Perfect on my rig with No Issues

I've Tried OpenSuse 10.1 / UBUNTU/ Fedora 7 /Red HAT / Oracle Enterprice Linux

They all run perfect on my rig

except this Fedora 8

 

[praka123]

well.I need to try Fedora and suse. long time since i moved to Debian.will try livecds asap

 

[arunks]

hey what abt ubuntu ultimate 1.5???

isn't it better than fedora 8 or simple ubuntu as it has preadded many many useful packages ..

 

[cool_techie_tvm]

I too found Fedora 8 too bloated and sluggish. It took me more than 2 hours to download 132MB worth update data. And am on a 2mbps connection. I liked the wallpaper texture change in fedora.

Now am back to Ubuntu