Comments on: Its the time to upgrade… http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html Raves, Rants & Rambles Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sudhanwa http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-12132 Sudhanwa Tue, 10 Jun 2008 06:29:16 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-12132 If you are on Fedora for a long time and doing your professional work on Centos most of the time, the logical path is Fedora only and not Ubuntu. Thats what you have chosen already :-) Do write about your experiences with Ubuntu and your decision making process. It will help others who are in similar situation. Regards, If you are on Fedora for a long time and doing your professional work on Centos most of the time, the logical path is Fedora only and not Ubuntu.

Thats what you have chosen already :-)

Do write about your experiences with Ubuntu and your decision making process. It will help others who are in similar situation.

Regards,

]]> By: Rahul Sundaram http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11998 Rahul Sundaram Fri, 30 May 2008 21:41:37 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11998 How has the after effects of the upgrade been? ;-) I am interested to hear more about that. How has the after effects of the upgrade been? ;-) I am interested to hear more about that.

]]> By: Kishore http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11914 Kishore Mon, 26 May 2008 06:41:20 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11914 Hi! Aseem, Thanks. I actually went ahead with Fedora 9, I should probably blog about it. But I try new distros every now and then, I just don't use it as my main and only machine. Cause that I'd prefer to be stable and familiar. Cheers...Kishore -- Hi! Aseem,

Thanks. I actually went ahead with Fedora 9, I should probably blog about it. But I try new distros every now and then, I just don’t use it as my main and only machine. Cause that I’d prefer to be stable and familiar.

Cheers…Kishore
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]]> By: Aseem sood http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11913 Aseem sood Mon, 26 May 2008 06:33:44 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11913 I am using Ubuntu and love it. IMHO, geeks (experts) like you should be trying out new flavours every now and then as this has following benefits : a. it will stimulate your 'geeky' intellect b. newbies (like me) also benefit as you would start to fix things / do wonderful things in the new distro So, my suggestion : UPGRADE (even change the distro in this process) I am using Ubuntu and love it.

IMHO, geeks (experts) like you should be trying out new flavours every now and then as this has following benefits :
a. it will stimulate your ‘geeky’ intellect
b. newbies (like me) also benefit as you would start to fix things / do wonderful things in the new distro

So, my suggestion : UPGRADE (even change the distro in this process)

]]> By: Thejesh GN http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11890 Thejesh GN Sun, 25 May 2008 08:00:06 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11890 I use Ubuntu and I am happy. I agree with dont upgrade if it not broken/needed theory. I use Ubuntu and I am happy. I agree with dont upgrade if it not broken/needed theory.

]]> By: Kishore http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11716 Kishore Thu, 15 May 2008 06:28:54 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11716 Debarshi, thanks. More votes for Fedora 9 is not a problem ;-) My issue is I will have to move though I am extremely happy with Fedora 7 right now. Cheers...Kishore -- Debarshi, thanks. More votes for Fedora 9 is not a problem ;-) My issue is I will have to move though I am extremely happy with Fedora 7 right now.

Cheers…Kishore
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]]> By: Debarshi Ray http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11715 Debarshi Ray Thu, 15 May 2008 04:31:44 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11715 Without getting into the Fedora vs. Ubuntu aspect, one reason for you to upgrade to Sulphur might be the new X/OpenOffice.org and possibly lower boot-up times. Personally, I am sticking to Fedora 8 on my desktop since my parents and sisters have started using it and I don't want to rock the boat so soon. Without getting into the Fedora vs. Ubuntu aspect, one reason for you to upgrade to Sulphur might be the new X/OpenOffice.org and possibly lower boot-up times.

Personally, I am sticking to Fedora 8 on my desktop since my parents and sisters have started using it and I don’t want to rock the boat so soon.

]]> By: Kishore http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11710 Kishore Wed, 14 May 2008 21:30:20 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11710 Rahul, your opinion is important to me, some of the reasons you state are precisely why I use Fedora. My first choice would still be Fedora, but I do feel I should at least consider the others. ;-) Thanks. Cheers...Kishore -- Rahul, your opinion is important to me, some of the reasons you state are precisely why I use Fedora. My first choice would still be Fedora, but I do feel I should at least consider the others. ;-)

Thanks.

Cheers…Kishore
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]]> By: Rahul Sundaram http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11709 Rahul Sundaram Wed, 14 May 2008 21:19:50 +0000 http://kishorebhargava.com/foss/its-the-time-to-upgrade.html#comment-11709 I don't think you wanted my opinion as such but why don't you try out both for real. Grab the latest live cd's of Fedora and Ubuntu and spend sometime with it. From a administration viewpoint if you are working on CentOS, Fedora as upstream for that distro will be much closer and you get kind of a ongoing preview of future releases. On the other hand, Ubuntu as a project tends to spend more time within the distribution itself compared to upstream projects which adds up a level of polish on the desktop especially with integration of non-free components like the proprietary drivers or patent encumbered codecs which Fedora can't touch due to being US based in some cases and doesn't want to in other cases having a strictly free software only philosophy. I don't think there is one answer for everyone though you will distribution fanboys will pitch in for their own all the time and I will gladly say that with my own biases. I don’t think you wanted my opinion as such but why don’t you try out both for real. Grab the latest live cd’s of Fedora and Ubuntu and spend sometime with it. From a administration viewpoint if you are working on CentOS, Fedora as upstream for that distro will be much closer and you get kind of a ongoing preview of future releases.

On the other hand, Ubuntu as a project tends to spend more time within the distribution itself compared to upstream projects which adds up a level of polish on the desktop especially with integration of non-free components like the proprietary drivers or patent encumbered codecs which Fedora can’t touch due to being US based in some cases and doesn’t want to in other cases having a strictly free software only philosophy.

I don’t think there is one answer for everyone though you will distribution fanboys will pitch in for their own all the time and I will gladly say that with my own biases.

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