# Fedora 11 vs Ubuntu 9.10


My small and very personal comparison between Fedora 11 (which I run
on my laptop) and Ubuntu 9.10 which is my main Linux distribution.

1. `yum` vs `apt-get`

  * `yum` is a lot slower than `apt-get`
  * why do I need connectivity when using `yum search`
  * Why does `yum` defaults to 'N' (no) when I ask it to install software?

  All in all I like `apt-get` a lot better.

2. Default resolution

  * Ubuntu 9.10 configured my EeeBox and monitor out of the box, Fedora 11
didn't.

3. Plymouth graphical boot

Very nice to see this in Fedora 11, I want this too for Ubuntu.
Too bad Ubuntu does not use this in 9.10. It will happen in 10.04 (I
heard).

4. Laptop

  * My new EeePC laptop has a Poulsbo video chip (thanks Intel for screwing me!) which 
Fedora 11 supports wonderful thanks to
[AdamW](http://www.happyassassin.net/2009/05/13/native-poulsbo-gma-500-graphics-driver-for-fedora-10/).

  * Ubuntu 9.10 *does not support this chip*, period.

So I'm happily running Fedora on my laptop and Ubuntu on my other
systems.