Fedora Core 2 vs. SuSE 9.1 FTP Install

Fedora Core 2 vs. SuSE 9.1 FTP Install | What do you think?

#1 macawgumbo

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 04:09 AM

I have a choice to make. For reasons not explained here, I have narrowed my linux distro search to two distributions, Redhat Fedora Core 2 and SuSE 9.1 FTP Install. I absolutely love SuSE's YAST2 tool. It makes configuration so much easier. I also like the fact that I can easily choose a mirror for updates instead of like in Fedora having to use Redhat's dog slow servers. I am only concerned about the fact of package selection in SuSE compared to Fedora. I will need to use this computer as a Windows replacement (full productivity, surfing, music, cd burning, gaming etc.) along with Apache to do some PHP/MySQL development. Which would be faster on an nForce2 platform? Any thoughts would be great.

#2 martouf

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 04:46 AM

There are Fedora mirrors and I'm certain you can adjust your Fedora config to use them.

As for the distro choice, I think you're observing a cylindrical clear silica liquid container
filled to half capacity.

In other words: 6 of a set of 12 or a half-dozen, your choice.
"Faster" should not be a consideration, much less a Real World issue.

#3 macawgumbo

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 05:01 AM

Let's put it this way, I love SuSE, but don't want to skimp on the availability of programs. Is the FTP Install the same as personal or in between Personal and Pro. By the way, I tried Gentoo and got headaches. I loved the learning experience but the curve was too steep. ALSA wouldnt work right so I gave up. Shame on me. Oh well. For now I want a packaged distro like redhat and suse. ANyways can someone give me some more advantages of Suse?

#4 Dapper Dan

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 05:20 AM

I've never used Suse, although a friend of mine is going to let me borrow his boxed copy of 9.0 in a day or two. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised!

I can tell you about Fedora though. If you like Yast, you would likely also like apt-get rpm for Fedora. I think it works pretty much the same way, and I've not experienced any problems downloading packages nor with updating my system with apt-get.

I like Fedora precisely for the reasons you mention. If you're not in a hurry, I can get back with you on my thoughts about Suse after I've had time to smoke it over.

#5 martouf

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 06:22 AM

I don't think you need to worry about package availability because both Red Hat
and SuSE serve practically identical audiences - only one is to the west of the Atlantic
and the other to the east, respectively.

I say this as a RHCE who uses SuSE at home.

#6 macawgumbo

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Posted 21 July 2004 - 04:23 PM

I have had an oppurtunity to use Fedora and SuSE before. I would say Fedora is is very much similar to SuSE, the only difference being the YAST2 tool. I love it. I can configure everything during setup and rerun it at anytime to reconfigure things. I think that you will appreciate the YAST2 tool, Dapper Dan. Let me know what you think. As for now, I will do an FTP install of SuSE 9.1 and stick with it. Please feel free to continue to post though. Include other distros if you want.