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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