Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Ubuntu vs other linux

[Gregory Maxwell]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 3:52 PM, Eric Blossom<address@hidden> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 12:41:59PM -0700, BlueEyeBirdy wrote:
>>
>> Hey everyone,
>>
>> I'm writing a report on gnu radio and I had a question... I believe most
>> everyone uses Ubuntu compared to other Linux systems for GNU radios.... why
>> is this? Is it simply because Ubuntu is easier/more user friendly or does it
>> have to do with the way Ubuntu works?
>>
>> Thanks so much!
>
> This is not true.  I would guesstimate that at least for the
> developers I'm familiar with, that the usage is something like 50/50
> between Ubuntu and Fedora.  FWIW, I primarily use Fedora.
>
> We like having people using multiple distributions.  It helps us keep
> our code clean.  There are currently binary packages available for
> Ubuntu, and not yet for Fedora.  For non-developers, this makes an
> install on Ubuntu easier.

Huh?

Fedora *ships* with GNURadio, although the software is a bit behind.

yum install gnuradio usrp   ...done...