Ubuntu or Fedora?

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I'm thinking of scapping Windows and going for Ubuntu or Fedora.

Only thing is I'm a designer and use Adobe stuff a lot. Somebody told me I won't be able to run it on Ubuntu or Fedora.......... So is there any way around this?

And if there's anyone who has used both Fedora and Ubuntu - Which is better, and why?

I'm really wanting to burn my windows XP disk. And then sh**-pi** on it! You gorra help me!
 
I don't know anything about the "adobe stuff" you want to use, so you might want to dual-boot and hang onto windows a while just in case. But I have used Red Hat (Fedora) extensively and it works for my purposes. However, I installed Ubuntu on my home desktop (I'm actually using it now:D) and like it quite a bit. It was just as easy to install as winblowz (faster, even), and I was impressed with the update system, among other things. Plus, unlike winsux, Linux doesn't require you to reboot everytime you update something (or every week or so "just because").

Another nice feature of Ubuntu is the technical support in the form of a (free) online forum. I have yet to find a problem that I couldn't solve by searching the forum for whatever issue I was having.

That said, I've been using Unix/Linux systems for 9+ years, and installed Slackware on a generic system back when support was virtually non-existant and the distributions left a lot to be desired. In other words, I actually like the command line and am not afraid to compile a kernel or mount a drive. If you've never used Linux before, there will be a bit of a learning curve, but overall itz hard to argue with free and worse care scenario you can always just go back to the dark side.:rolleyes:

-Charles
 
Fedora Core 5 is supposed to an improvement over Core 4 but most point at ubuntu as being the easier distro to work with. Core 4 did lack quite a bit over other distros like Mandriva, SUSe, Gentoo, and Mepis as well. Then there is PC Linux and Knoppix to look at. Ubuntu live was tried here as well as Zenwalk, Gentoo, Freedos, and especially Knoppix. Fedora is more of a Red Hat server type distro while others like ubuntu have more of a desktop feel.

As far as Adobe there's a lack of support for it although there's a beta of Flash to review at adobe.com. ps2pdf is an alternative for creating pdf files while running Linux. The introduction and additional links is found at http://www.scottnesbitt.net/techdocs/ps2pdf.html
There is some encouragement with Adobe Systems working with the Open Source as seen at http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS3952099073.html and an Adobe Reader for Linux 7.0.5 found at http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/942951453/4
 
If it helps, the Flash 9 beta works without issue here.

OpenOffice can create, display and print PDF's and comes with Ubuntu
Evince can display and print PDF's and also comes with Ubuntu

Are there any particular Adobe products that you use?

Codeweavers CrossOver office (you have to pay for it) claims to run the following Adobe products:

Adobe Acrobat Reader 5
Adobe FrameMaker 7.1
Adobe Photoshop 6 & 7

You can usually find free alternatives for most of the windows based software though.
 
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yo try suse 10.1.....anyways linux has problem and i'll give u one...like PDF on windows we have Acrobat 7 pro but on linux we have reader 7 basic...you can only read but not write.see....linux has a lot of things they need to do before becoming the perfect OS.

easiest is ubuntu and suse..hell even NeoshineLinux (chinese OS real good)
try it out for yourself
 
nice one everybody. I'll try that suse OS

I'm thinking of getting another hard drive and just running winsows and linux together... I gora stil use windows by the sounds of it - just because all these software companies like adobe and macromedia brown nose them
 
Im not sure if you can use adobe on linux but i reccomend ubuntu and another one kubuntu. They have good grafics and you can download it off there website
 
Most normal windows prorams wont work in linux. But linux has some good replacements for these programs. You talked about Adobe programs. If you mean stuff like photoshop then there are other options like "The Gimp" which I have used and its very similar. If you mean stuff like Adobe Flash to make flash things then flash player works in linux but to make the actaull animations and stuff you can get F4L (Flash for Linux) which is almost identical to Flash MX and there is also D4L (Dreamweaver for Linux) but ive never tried it. Ubuntu is easier to use than FC and is probably better for the sort of things you want to do.
 
dual boot, get GIMP and PIXIO for linux, both are really good free graphics editors, GIMP lets you import some/most Photoshop filters. Gimp and Pixio are also released for Windows, so you can try it before you jack your computer trying to get away from Bill.

I use Wolvix Media edition(linux distribution).. its designed for graphics imaging and video authoring, and alot of other stuff. runs off a CD, can be installed if needed (only neccessary if you only have one cd drive, which only matters if your burning CD's) big benefit here is someone took the time to install it all (software) for you, so theres less to screw up. I'd definitely recommend trying a Live CD version of Linux before installing it(like Wolvix, there are others), the Graphical interfaces won't be any different and you can decide if its right for you without changing anything on your computer..
 
I'd recommend installing Linux for your primary needs on the internet, and dual booting with Windows to run your Adobe software and whatever gaming needs you may have. Running the linux for web browsing and such should also innoculate you somewhat from virus and such. That was my grand plan..till I gave up. Then again, I don't have problems with malware, either.
 
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