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David Kramer wrote: > I guess enough time has gone by that I should consider SUSE again. How > does that compare to Fedora (not just what's better or worse, but what's > different)? I've been using OpenSuse 10 at work (64-bit) for at least a year now, and have been reasonable happy with it. I use Ubuntu 7.10 (32-bit) at home, and they are comparable. I had tried Fedora, but like you, encountered too many issues with it when I tried to install it, so I just gave up (I didn't spend a whole lot of time troubleshooting however). Generally, both OpenSuse & Ubuntu installed fine, OpenSuse on an ordinary HP desktop (AMD) and Ubuntu on a home-built desktop (Pentium III). I'm not a huge fan of OpenSuse's menu, and prefer the Ubuntu programs menu, but the OpenSuse one isn't horrible. I also prefer Ubuntu's "Add New Programs" GUI to OpenSuse's "Install Software" GUI. Lastly, I'm still occasionally disappointed in the availability of 64-bit applications on the OpenSuse desktop, however that has improved dramatically since I first installed. The only _real_ issues I've encountered, and it was with both, is upgrades apparently breaking things. Basically, I'd run the upgrade, and then either not be able to login to an existing account (except as 'root' on Suse), and having to create new accounts and copy the important parts over. Other than that, they both have been reasonably stable and supported the hardware in some way (albeit, Ubuntu was unusably slow with the OSS GeForce video driver, and I had to load the proprietary bits). I hope that helps, Grant M. -- Grant Mongardi Senior Systems Engineer NAPC [hidden email] http://www.napc.com/ 781.894.3114 phone 781.894.3997 fax NAPC | technology matters -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [hidden email] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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