Re: Why I love Fedora

I knoooooow I shouldn't have done it but I was just trying to start touble:-)

On Monday 05 December 2005 10:35 am, Josh Coffman wrote:
> I like Debian; I'm partial to SimplyMepis. It's just
> that I'm chose Fedora for the performance,
> semi-cutting edge tech, and the hope that those skills
> may become useful in my work life.
>
> A lot of what I said could apply to linux in general.
> I'm just giving some props to my distro of choice and
> the people who've helped me. (I typically hand out
> LiveCD's of Ubuntu and SimplyMepis when I can. Even
> though I probably should recomend the same distro I
> use.)
>
> --- "Major.Mikey" <bmike1@mcleodusa.net> wrote:
> > But I love Debian.
> >
> > On Monday 05 December 2005 08:46 am, Josh Coffman
> >
> > wrote:
> > > I say stupid things sometimes. Occasionally
> >
> > those
> >
> > > stupid things are actually good ideas that get me
> > > drafted to do them. So I found myself volunteered
> >
> > to
> >
> > > write a survey about a windows program.
> > >
> > > Although I have a windows boot, I really didn't
> >
> > want
> >
> > > to use it. I googled and found out that Wine can
> >
> > run
> >
> > > this program. So I downloaded the install and ran
> >
> > it.
> >
> > > TADA! It worked and I didn't have to boot windows.
> > > Which made me think "Why do I love Fedora?"
> > >
> > > Reasons:
> > > 1) It is easy to use but does not limit me to
> > > sheep-like usage.
> > > 2) I can do most of the work I need too on a
> >
> > much
> >
> > > cooler desktop than windows.
> > > 3) I don't have to worry about the latest virus,
> > > trojan, or IE flaw that will comprimise your
> >
> > system in
> >
> > > 30 seconds.
> > > 4) It's free.
> > > 5) I can switch Window Managers to fit my mood.
> > > (Gnome, KDE, XFCE,..)
> > > 6) Updates are very easy with YUM (or Yumex, or
> >
> > Apt,
> >
> > > or Smart)
> > > 7) Compiling apps from source doesn't require
> >
> > addons
> >
> > > or extra programs.
> > > 8) It's helped me understand O/S's better.
> > > 9) I can brag about my 3-4 year old computer
> >
> > again.
> >
> > > 10) The community support from Fedora and PLUG
> >
> > has
> >
> > > been great!
> > >
> > > Thanks to all of you.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Shin zen ni rei
> > > -j
> > > Registered Linux user number 403109
> > > http://counter.li.org/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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