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Fedora vs. Ubuntu

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We have seen both the Linux distribution have made a great progress past years. Both are great, but which is better? Ubuntu is based on Debian and Fedora is based on Fedora Core, which is based on Red Hat Linux. Both have the same desktop environment, i.e. Gnome. Both have almost the same set of applications. But still what's the difference? Ubuntu use Snap and Fedora uses Flatpak. From personal experience, what I have felt is Snap apps are much slower. Fedora feels much smoother in some ways. Both have good collection for apps. Software Center in Ubuntu and Fedora are not that great. They take a lot of time to retrieve just the information. Sometimes the search doesn't work well too. There are other ways to install apps by using terminal or using Synaptic Package Manager. Also, Fedora uses dnf where as Ubuntu uses apt. I like the setup in Fedora. They use Anaconda Installer, which I felt was more convenient. First they install the OS and then reboot and setup the rest of the t...

Restore your samba share in Ubuntu 20.04

With the release of the new Ubuntu 20.04 I found out that I can't open up by NAS server. This problem existed in Fedora 32 also. The reason is Ubuntu 20.04 shipped with Samba v4.11.6 which by default disables SMB v1. The solution is this, Open your terminal and install samba sudo apt install samba Then after installing open /etc/samba/smb.conf and edit it. sudo gedit /etc/samba/smb.conf Add this line into that file in [global] section client min protocol = NT1 Save the file and restart your system. Now it should work like charm. :) Source: Stackoverflow