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The reason you shouldn't really compare Fedora and Ubuntu, is that Ubuntu is a commercial distribution, while Fedora is not. If you want to compare, compare Ubu

The reason you shouldn't really compare Fedora and Ubuntu, is that Ubuntu is a commercial distribution, while Fedora is not. If you want to compare, compare Ubuntu with RHLES or Fedora with Debian. Like Fedora, Debian has no proprietary software in it (yes, there is non-free, but that one is not part of the distribution).

hasenj 16y ago
Ubuntu is no more commercial than Fedora. 1. You don't pay money for it. 2. The company behind it uses it to make money. In Fedora's case, it's kind of a public beta of RHEL. In Ubuntu's case, Canonical provides support and professional services, although it's not profitable yet. Also, Ubuntu comes by default with no non-free software. Although now I think there's an option in the installer to install MP3 and stuff that's restricted by patents. (not sure if it also installs non-free stuff like Flash).
- madhouse 16y ago
  Ubuntu comes with proprietary NVidia & ATI drivers, last I checked, along with a bunch of other things in restricted, which is part of the default install. So yeah, Ubuntu DOES come with non-free software by default, and the restricted repo is part of the default sources.list, to allow you to install even more non-free software easily. By commercial, I meant they're (trying) to make money off of it, which they certainly do. There's a whole lot of things built around the distribution (Ubuntu One, support, etc) that in my reading, make the distribution commercial, or at least heavily commercially backed (as opposed to being community driven).
- LInuxFedora 16y ago
  Fedora is not a public beta. Jesus Christ.!
Mithrandir 16y ago
If you had meant "commercial" in the sense of recommending non-free software, you'd be correct in some sense. However, as I said, Fedora contains non-free firmware, like Ubuntu. So, in that sense, Fedora is the same category as Ubuntu, but is different in its repository policies. Of course, you have said that you meant commercial in that they're trying to make money off of it. Thanks for clarifying!
nailer 16y ago
commercial doesn't mean proprietary, though a lot of people use the terms interchangeably. Whether something is commercial or not is irrelevant from a proprietary / free point of view. if you meant to say 'ubuntu is a proprietary distribution' then yes, that would be correct.

hasenj 16y ago

Ubuntu is no more commercial than Fedora. 1. You don't pay money for it. 2. The company behind it uses it to make money. In Fedora's case, it's kind of a public beta of RHEL. In Ubuntu's case, Canonical provides support and professional services, although it's not profitable yet. Also, Ubuntu comes by default with no non-free software. Although now I think there's an option in the installer to install MP3 and stuff that's restricted by patents. (not sure if it also installs non-free stuff like Flash).

madhouse 16y ago
Ubuntu comes with proprietary NVidia & ATI drivers, last I checked, along with a bunch of other things in restricted, which is part of the default install. So yeah, Ubuntu DOES come with non-free software by default, and the restricted repo is part of the default sources.list, to allow you to install even more non-free software easily. By commercial, I meant they're (trying) to make money off of it, which they certainly do. There's a whole lot of things built around the distribution (Ubuntu One, support, etc) that in my reading, make the distribution commercial, or at least heavily commercially backed (as opposed to being community driven).
LInuxFedora 16y ago
Fedora is not a public beta. Jesus Christ.!

Mithrandir 16y ago

If you had meant "commercial" in the sense of recommending non-free software, you'd be correct in some sense. However, as I said, Fedora contains non-free firmware, like Ubuntu. So, in that sense, Fedora is the same category as Ubuntu, but is different in its repository policies. Of course, you have said that you meant commercial in that they're trying to make money off of it. Thanks for clarifying!

nailer 16y ago

commercial doesn't mean proprietary, though a lot of people use the terms interchangeably. Whether something is commercial or not is irrelevant from a proprietary / free point of view. if you meant to say 'ubuntu is a proprietary distribution' then yes, that would be correct.