[ale] FW: ubuntu versus fedora

Mon Apr 19 10:51:57 EDT 2010

Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> I'd replied to Bea off list and she sent this response offering meeting
> space.   
> 
> Since they're off GA 400 I thought maybe some of the North side people
> might be interested.

At one time there was a NE and a NW meeting.  I suspect this would fit 
more of the NE folks, it's too far for me to consider.

> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bea Martinez [mailto:bea.martinez at gca.net] 
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:29 AM
> To: Lightner, Jeff
> Subject: RE: [ale] ubuntu versus fedora
> 
> Yes we are an Advanced Red Hat Training Partner.  My instructor is on
> leave so I thought I'd throw that out there and thank you for your many
> responses.  I'll share that information with my friend.
> 
> I have one other question for all of you...do you all need maybe a place
> to meet up and have a user group meeting?  I have some folks interested
> so far from our customer base.  However maybe it would be good to have a
> free place to go.  Let me know and I can provide a place for up to 40
> people.  We provide refreshments and pizza's, sandwiches etc.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bea Martinez
> 
> Education Manager
> 
> GCA Technology Services
> 
> 500 Northridge Road, Suite 300
> 
> Atlanta, GA 30350
> 
> bea.martinez at gca.net
> 
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> 
> 770-643-0443 (W) 
> 
> 770-643-0344 (F) 
> 
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> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lightner, Jeff [mailto:jlightner at water.com] 
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:11 AM
> To: Bea Martinez
> Subject: RE: [ale] ubuntu versus fedora
> 
> By the way - GCA offers RedHat training.  RedHat is a another
> distribution of Linux so any of your RedHat trainers can probably not
> only answer questions for you they can probably show them to you.
> 
> Fedora is a project supported by RedHat - They use it as a test bed for
> what ends up in RedHat Enterprise Linux later.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lightner, Jeff
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:06 AM
> To: 'Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!'
> Subject: RE: [ale] ubuntu versus fedora
> 
> Ubuntu is a Linux distribution.  When you install it you are installing
> Linux.  
> 
> Fedora is a different Linux distribution.   When you install it you are
> installing Linux.
> 
> Or if you're a purist - both have the Linux Kernel and various GNU
> utilities and addons.   For all practical purposes though they are both
> "Linux" operating systems.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Bea
> Martinez
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:47 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] ubuntu versus fedora
> 
> I was asked if you can load just Ubuntu only, or does a layer of Linux
> need to be on the drive?  I'm not technical, but a friend
> asked...thought I'd get your opinion. 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Bea Martinez
> 
> Education Manager
> 
> GCA Technology Services
> 
> 500 Northridge Road, Suite 300
> 
> Atlanta, GA 30350
> 
> bea.martinez at gca.net
> 
> www.gca.net    
> 
> 770-643-0443 (W) 
> 
> 770-643-0344 (F) 
> 
> http://www.gca.net/training-by-location/atlanta-ga - Atlanta Training
> Schedule
> 
> www.facebook.com/GCAtraining
> 
> We offer training for Sun/Oracle Certification, Red Hat Certification,
> IBM, Symantec, Novell, Websense and Microsoft.  
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Pete
> Hardie
> Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2010 11:49 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> Subject: Re: [ale] ubuntu versus fedora
> 
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2010 at 11:20, Larry Johnson
> <larryfeltonjohnson at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Over the past few months of hunt-and-peck tweaking and repair of my 
>> Fedora Core 11 system my perception has  been nudging toward the 
>> assertion you've stated explicitly.  Do you know whether this is being
> 
>> discussed in the Fedora community?  The ability to either use gui or 
>> cli, or edit the configuration files directly is a big advantage of 
>> linux systems.
>> If Fedora is breaking that ability with respect to networking,  it's a
> 
>> bug, not a feature.
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> 
> I just moved to F12 from F11, and I can say that F12 has fixed all of
> what I saw as bug in Network Manager.  I had to uninstall it from F11,
> it was so crappy.  But with F12, I appear to have no issues at all with
> the wired connections, and I was able to get the wireless to connect
> with only minimal research.  SO Fedora 12 might be worth a try if
> Network Manager is your bete noir.
> 
> 
> --
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