Re: linux for beginners



General Schvantzkopf wrote:
Ubuntu is probably the best choice for you, it's very Windows like (which is one of the things that I hate about it, but you'll probably see that as a feature). I personally prefer Fedora

I probably shouldn't bother, but I am curious. What the hell is really the difference between Ubuntu and Fedora with Gnome? To a newbie, they'd appear to look and work almost exactly the same. And yes, Ubuntu slightly easier to install restricted codecs, etc. But Windows-like? Surely you're joking.

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