Right, I've seen this question a few times, so I've decided to set up a poll. If you vote, please post your reason for your choice,

Cheers, Buck

Two days ago I installed Ubuntu on a PC at work, I was really really disapointed. I have to admit it's very lighweight, not much software, but if your inet-connection is not a good one, you'll have to stick with just that softeware. Fedora comes with a lot more stuff out of the box. And as I have read before that Ubuntu come with almost everything installed correct and running...no, I had to manually reconfigure the monitor, network card, sound card, ... . Apt-get worked not that good like expecting, but after a little config...it's ok. Ubuntu seriously needs a lot more libs.
Fedora Core 4 replaced Ubuntu on that box, it runs stable, I just needed about 30 to 40 min to install some other software and this because of my bad inet-connection. And this PC isn't that good, and
Fedora is runnin' fast enough.

Maybe I'm just a Fedora/RedHat fan and can't acomodate with other distros, but Fedora vs Ubuntu ... Fedora wins.

This is my opinion, please no war. There'll be a lot Ubuntu fans who'll have another opinion.

..and sorry for my english!

Boby

I'm still stuck on which one to use. I wud definital stick to FC4 if samba network browsing worked as well as kubuntu's does

I've tried Fedora Core and Kubuntu, and still use Kubuntu. I like how Kubuntu is compact, but can expand it easily with Kynaptic. I found FC3 to be somewhat less stable than Kubuntu, too. The installer for FC is a lot nicer and easier, but I once ran into trouble with the partitioner.

As far as servers go, FC is a great choice. However, I've found that for personal use, stability, and laptop friendly OS's, Ubuntu seems to be the best choice.

fedora core4 gave me no problems what so ever but i wanted to try something different so installed kubuntu on my dell dimension and I have to say I am having more problems with kubuntu than I ever did with fedora. If I cant figure out the screen resolution problem i am kicking kubuntu to the curb and heading back to fedora!

Ubuntu. Fast, stable, a lot of software (provided you have a good inet connection), nice & clean looking, apt, very good community support for those who need it, 6-monthly release-cycle and....hmmm...Debian based of course

/bump

Do not do this. It adds nothing to your thread and is a waste, however small, of Jeremy's bandwidth.

And your thread question could just as easily be renamed to "Which do you prefer: apples or oranges?" They are both very different distros and people will prefer them for differing reasons.

As requested, moved to Linux-Distributions.

Being my first distro, Ubuntu worked pretty well after a few (minor) problems. My vote.

Bad comparison offer by the thread starter

Kbuuntu is kde flavor .. FC defaults to Gnome
Ubuntu will be a "better" comparison with FC.

my vote would still be for FC.

Actually, if you look closely, you should see that the K is surrounded by brackets. He put (K)ubuntu, as opposed to Kubuntu. This is because Fedora Core comes with both KDE and Gnome, while Kubuntu comes with KDE and Ubuntu with only Gnome. The fact that it's in brackets means you take into account either Kubuntu, or Ubuntu, or both.

It's a shorter way of saying: Fedora Core vs Ubuntu / Kubuntu

So, sorry winsnomore, you're wrong.


Edit: I edited it to basically tidy it up.

I'm comparing all flavours of ubuntu to FC4, at least, thats what i meant :P