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-====== Linux Distribution Comparisons ======
-===== Personal Experiences =====
-===== (Simono) =====
-==== __Ubuntu 10.04__ ====
-This is the current(30/5/2010) version of Ubuntu (Gnome) 10.04.
-  - Installation was easy and straightforward, took less than 30 minutes.
-  - Upgrade can take several hours, potential warning messages pause upgrade, so it must be monitored to avoid wasting time
-  - Best to wait several days after issue, as bugs are often fixed in the first week.
-  - Relatively low footprint compared to Windows; a Vista-compatible system will have a scorching performance in comparison.
-  - One bug - if you use a resource-intensive screensaver, X sometimes crashes after extended periods. I keep it light.
-  - Long Term Support means it will be supported for 5 years, and directly upgradeable to 12.04 in the future.
-  - Comes with Open Office.
-  - Network printing via CUPS is the easiest of all I've tested to set up, including and especially Windows. Just click the right buttons.
-  - Hardware (currently): Core Duo 2.5 GHz each, 2 GB Ram, 320 GB HDD(SATA).
-  - Webcams work. With this hardware even Cheese can record video. Soon to be assisted(hopefully) by the planned PiTiVi Video Editor recording option.
-==== __Fedora 13__ ====
-This is the current version of Fedora, an Open Source implementation from Red Hat.
-  - Installation was as easy as Ubuntu and as quick.
-  - Most of what the typical user will need (wireless, internet, email) will work straight away.
-  - It doesn't come with Open Office.
-  - It doesn't come with mp3 support. These both have to be added after modifying the software source repositories.
-  - Repository modification harder than Ubuntu.
-  - Depends on RPG modules not DEB.
-  - Installs via both YAM and APT.
-  - Online support is comparatively rare and often alpha-geeky.
-  - Personally, not an easy system to modify.
-  - Difficult to detect on a network, even harder to share with.
-  - Can 'see' Ubuntu shares, however.
-  - Unusually large footprint, 50GB 'root' partition out of a 250GB HDD.
-  - Familiarity in the Gnome desktop, similarities with Ubuntu 8.04-10.04.
-  - My installation disintegrated after four days, lost the volume control icon and could not detect any sound hardware.
-  - Every boot up generated a 'kernel crash' error report. Never seen one before anywhere.
-  - At boot-up, much frustration due to Username being displayed long before the machine was ready to allow login. A practical freeze-up.
-  - Shutdown is in two stages; you have to logout to get to a page where you can shut down. Spammy.
-  - Network printing with CUPS is trouble-free.
-  - Webcams appear to work, but my test hardware has never been able to support Cheese video recording. No change there.
-  - Hardware spec: P4 2.36 GHz, 1.5 GB Ram, 250 GB PATA HDD.