[wellylug] Fedora/RedHat main users/administrators locally

[nic]

I use FC6 on my main desktop machine, and have administrative control (and distro choice) 
over at least 17 other machines. They're all headless servers and are all running forms of 
Fedora going back to FC2.

Why do I use Fedora? Because I know it, and it Just Works (tm). My first foray into Linux 
was with Caldera (around 1999). It was based around Red Hat. After I'd blundered my way 
around that for a while, I knew how to do everything I needed, and so I chose to stay with 
that species of distro when I next needed to install Linux on a server.

There have been times when the only distro with particular hardware support was Fedora, 
which has affected my choice, too.

I've tried other distros: debian, Suse, (k)ubuntu, but I've always found it easier to 
re-install with Fedora than get to know how they work.

Bizzarely, one of the oft-quoted reasons for using ubuntu/debian is the package manager. 
While I hate a lot of things about yum, I have had so little success with apt-get that 
it's yet another reason to stay with Fedora

I use KDE on my desktop, again mainly for the familiarity thing, although I found that it 
was easier to configure some things under gnome than KDE (I can't remember what, now)

What was the reason for your question?

Nic

Carl Turney wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Who here in WellyLUG use/administer Fedora or RedHat as their =primary= 
> LINUX (at home or at work) and why?
> 
> If you are a Fedora or RedHat primary user/administrator, what is your 
> favourite GUI (Gnome or KDE) and favourite file manager.
> 
> Thanks very much,
> 
> Carl
> 
>