Why I love Fedora

Major.Mikey bmike1 at mcleodusa.net
Mon Dec 5 08:56:11 MST 2005


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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