[Leaplist] FC6 conversion from Ubuntu?

[Bryan J. Smith]

If you like Ubuntu, stick with it. There's no reason to switch.  I'd stay with the 32-bit version, as only RPM-based distros (Fedora and SuSE foremost) have multi-arch support.

If you absolutely, positively must have 64-bit, then yes, choose Fedora or SuSE. Or learn how to build a chroot for Debian/Ubuntu. But even Fedora or SuSE is not perfect with 64-bit, because people differ on what programs should ship 32-bit and what should ship 64-bit.

It's not really a "maturity" thing. You just can run 32-bit libraries/plug-ins with 64-bit apps and vice-versa. Multi-arch in Fedora and SuSE do an outstanding job after 3-4 releases, but it will _never_ be perfect. E.g., 64-bit multimedia apps/plug-ins can't be used under 32-bit Firefox, while many 64-bit plug-ins for 64-bit Firefox are nowhere to be found (hence why you want 32-bit Firefox).

The Microsoft solution in Windows x64 is to not even bother shipping 64-bit libs/apps and ship almost an entirely 32-bit set.
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-----Original Message-----
From:  Dan Cherry 
Date:  06.11.10 14:41
To:  LeapList 
Subj:  [Leaplist] FC6 conversion from Ubuntu?

Brief background...
My earlier linux experience was primarily with Debian, but I needed a 
distro with more up-to-date software releases (64 bit was agonizingly 
slow to mature, and my laptop had several hacks that often broke with 
updates).  Last year, I tried FC5, but ran into a few problems (mostly 
my lack of knowledge about the differences in how the distros work, LVM 
issues and grub peculiarities).  I wound up switching everything to 
Xubuntu with IceWM, and basically everything works very well on all 
machines.

Questions...
Does anybody have an opinion based on experience, that I try FC6?

If I try it, any warnings or installation advice?

Are the gains worth the effort to learn the differences? No distro wars 
- please ;-)  but advice about FC6 is certainly welcome (again, based on 
experiences).

I don't have any particular reason for changing, other than hearing a 
lot of good things about Fedora, and having some how-to's for setting up 
a video box on Fedora that seems easier than inventing a way to do it on 
Ubuntu.

Is the FC6 64 bit version mature enough to use without a lot of tweaking 
or workarounds?

Phil, you have/had a laptop that was exactly the same as mine (HP 
ze4400) - did you, or anyone else with a similar laptop, move to FC6? 
If so, did everything basically work?  Any suggestions?

I know this is really vague, but thanks for any comments that may help.

-- 
Dan Cherry
dscherry (@) bellsouth.net

Finding a solution to a problem doesn't solve the problem...
Implementing the solution solves the problem.
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