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[SOLVED] Thinking about installing Fedora

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#1

I'm thinking about putting Fedora 10 (looks promising) on my desktop, but don't know how compatible it is with my Ubuntu knowledge. Like what's the equivlent of apt-get and sudo and stuff. Will my shared printer still work across the network, etc.

#2

You can Install/Enable sudo on Fedora, though it's recommended that you simply use the root account by typing su first and then doing administrative tasks.

To install software it's yum install softwarename

#3

what about samba?

I installed Fedora in a VirtualBox, installed Samba and can't access my shares.

#4

theozzlives said: what about samba?

I installed Fedora in a VirtualBox, installed Samba and can't access my shares.

You probably need to unblock the firewall ports? It worked right away for me...