Re: To be Fedora or Not to be

From: Liam Marshall (lsrpm_at_mts.net)
Date: 04/11/04 

Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2004 21:57:26 -0500

On Fri, 09 Apr 2004 19:31:22 GMT, Matt <matt@themattfella.zzzz.com> wrote:

> Liam Marshall wrote:
>> I just got the go ahead to switch my computer lab in school from redhat
>> 9 server with windows workstations to linux across the board.
>>
>> Redhat 9 has been great, but with the end of life here upon me I cannot
>> continue with it. I tried fedora core on a test workstation and was
>> not happy with it
>>
>> I would like someone to try and convince me to stay with redhat vis a
>> vis Fedora. Give me a good reason.
>>
>> I convinced the powers that be that any flavour of linux would be more
>> stable than Windoze, I'd hate to choose Fedora and be proven wrong
>
> What were your problems with Fedora?
>
running up2date actually. When I installed and went to update, it hung
while retrieving packages/checking dependancies

I have no idea why. I installed from a distro I got from a SAMS book
about Fedora which came with 2 CDs and 1 DVD. it installed flawlessly, I
got to GNOME desktop, logged in as root, and attempted to run up2date. It
always hung at the same point

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