KeeperOfThePizza Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I was thinking of trying Fedora 20 instead of Ubuntu 14.04, is there much of a difference? Someone told me that media codecs are very limited. I listen to a lot of music and occasionally watch movies. Just wondering if it's as user friendly as ubuntu. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Fedora 20 is a great alternative to Ubuntu. But they have different installers. If you know well how Ubuntu installer work you will need to learn how to install apps in Fedora thru the command line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Fedora 20 is a great alternative to Ubuntu. But they have different installers. If you know well how Ubuntu installer work you will need to learn how to install apps in Fedora thru the command line. Yeah, I know how to install apps via terminal, I got a fedora 20 cd. I may give it a whirl.. Ubuntu's new unity is sluggish, buggy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Just 3 months until Fedora 21 gets released. KeeperOfThePizza 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 i think fedora is one of many great linux distros, i used it a lot especially the gnome variations. however, fedora has no apt-get and that always brings me back to ubuntu based distros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted July 23, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted July 23, 2014 i think fedora is one of many great linux distros, i used it a lot especially the gnome variations. however, fedora has no apt-get and that always brings me back to ubuntu based distros. fedora uses "yum" instead of "apt-get". it's basically the same thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 i never was happy with yum ... and afair it needed *.rmp packages, while with ubuntu you can use the more widely offered *.deb .... i found more than one website only offering deb and i could not use it in fedora. might there be a converter (like alien) exist, but i did not have the patience to do all this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon H Supervisor Posted July 23, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted July 23, 2014 i never was happy with yum ... and afair it needed *.rmp packages, while with ubuntu you can use the more widely offered *.deb .... i found more than one website only offering deb and i could not use it in fedora. might there be a converter (like alien) exist, but i did not have the patience to do all this. it uses .rpm files and pretty much any program that offers a .deb file also offers a .rpm file anymore unless it's a very small niche program Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted July 23, 2014 Veteran Share Posted July 23, 2014 if you still want to use .deb then why not try debian? Barney T. 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 I've been using Fedora 20 for a while but I'm ultimately going to have to switch back to Linux Mint. It has nothing to do with Fedora itself, in fact I really like how Fedora is very minimal in that it gives you GNOME (or KDE) and nothing else, but I just had endless problems with various kernel revisions and Internet settings. Whereas my hardware worked flawlessly with Ubuntu and Mint. That said, out of the box, Fedora adheres to FOSS. This means that if you want things like multimedia codecs, sub pixel font rendering, DVD playback, etc. you need to install "non-free" repos, like RPM Fusion. There is a tool called Fedy that can do all this for you. But this means that if you're used to Ubuntu, you're going to do a clean install of Fedora and find that things don't "just work" the way they do in Ubuntu. That's in no way a bad thing, and with Fedora, you have the advantage of a significantly lighter system. I also found that Fedora lets me use btrfs very easily, whereas it's a bit more work in Ubuntu to get set up (and doesn't appear to be supported at all in Mint). KeeperOfThePizza 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Raphaël G. MVC Posted July 23, 2014 MVC Share Posted July 23, 2014 If Ubuntu is too slow but you wish too keep using .deb packages together with the ease of use of Ubuntu, there is also Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu, minus Unity) http://www.linuxmint.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted July 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2014 Or just use Debian, or Mint Debian. It's Mint using Debian Testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks guys, yeah I'm gonna have to pass on Fedora, I'll stick with ubuntu. I may retry Mint though. Thanks again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 Thanks guys, yeah I'm gonna have to pass on Fedora, I'll stick with ubuntu. I may retry Mint though. Thanks again! how do your system specs look like? if you have a cheap chance to upgrade to 4gb ram and a graphics-card with 1gb ram, i would go for kubuntu. kde is really worth a try, so many options, so many effects and it runs incredibly stable by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted July 23, 2014 Moderator Share Posted July 23, 2014 I thought KDE was always power hungry. Why not Xubuntu? Aergan and Barney T. 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 I'm using a back up laptop right now, 3GB of ram, intel dual core 2.17, intel 4 express series chipset. Its from 2009. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 if you still want to use .deb then why not try debian?I never use anything than Debian. I like the original system which all other Linux based in .deb are made of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted July 23, 2014 Share Posted July 23, 2014 How difficult is Debian to use? I like Ubuntu because it generally gives me the multimedia codecs and things I want out of the box. With Debian, I know most of these are optional installs, but is it a pretty simple process or is it fairly involved? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted July 23, 2014 Author Share Posted July 23, 2014 How difficult is Debian to use? I like Ubuntu because it generally gives me the multimedia codecs and things I want out of the box. With Debian, I know most of these are optional installs, but is it a pretty simple process or is it fairly involved? I'm wondering this also. I cant imagine its that difficult to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoman Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 How difficult is Debian to use? I like Ubuntu because it generally gives me the multimedia codecs and things I want out of the box. With Debian, I know most of these are optional installs, but is it a pretty simple process or is it fairly involved?A stray to the point process, specially Debian 7.6, it is pretty solid and easy as Ubuntu to install optional codecs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Frank B. Subscriber² Posted July 24, 2014 Subscriber² Share Posted July 24, 2014 Setting up Fedora isn't rocket science. Add the rpmfusion repository and your multimedia needs are covered. From my experience you are able to install all the software you get on, say, Ubuntu on Fedora as well - more often than not in more current versions. KeeperOfThePizza 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haggis Veteran Posted July 24, 2014 Veteran Share Posted July 24, 2014 yeah debian is easy enough i dont bother with extra codecs i just install VLC player it plays everything http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-debian.html Barney T. and KeeperOfThePizza 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeeperOfThePizza Posted July 24, 2014 Author Share Posted July 24, 2014 Thanks guys. I give both a try in vm first :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlang Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 about media players, also have a look at mpv KeeperOfThePizza 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitmz Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 im a heavy arch user and also a fan of fedora, its a pretty good distro, very solid! i dislike its disk partitioner (the anaconda one) but the rest is fine and yum >>>> apt-get hehe KeeperOfThePizza 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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