Archy's Blog

Since I started this blog I've mostly been covering the server-side of Linux, not so much the desktop side. My recent switch from Ubuntu(LTS) to Fedora as my main Distro on the Desktop(s) gave me the idea to write about that. Now, I know that this kind of comparison has been done probably a thousand times but I thought I write about my experiences with these 2 great distros. First of all, why Fedora? Well, by now I know the Red Hat Ecosystem fairly good and Fedora is pretty stable while maintaining very recent versions of almost any software that I deal with. While Canonical delivers a new version of its OS every 6 months, same as Red Hat with Fedora, I found it to be not as stable and reliable as Fedora. What are the differences between Fedora and Ubuntu? From a visual point of view, it's probably the Desktop Appearance. Since I'm using GNOME as my desktop, I'm only able to compare it within these 2 distros. Fedora ships a more basic and default setup...

So for my private workstation and laptop I'm using Ubuntu. Even though I spent most of my time in a fully tweaked out terminal (terminator, I'd recommend it), I still do not really like the way Unity 'feels' and 'handles'. So, for reverting to gnome there are not much steps to do. First install the gdm-package. You can do so by running [archy@castle-bravo ~]$ sudo apt-get -y install gdm gnome-shell-extensions This might take a while, depending on your internet-connection. After that, you can remove the ubuntu-desktop packages. This is done by [archy@castle-bravo ~]$ sudo apt-get -y remove unity lightdm After that, let the machine reboot. [archy@castle-bravo ~]$ sudo reboot After the machine booted up, you should be greeted by the gnome login screen. Feel free to comment and / or suggest a topic.