Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-project (265 mails)

[James Tremblay <jamesat@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 12 May 2007 14:36, Francis Giannaros wrote:
> On a good note, I'm really happy to hear that some discussions have
> been going on about Novell marketing with regard to openSUSE. It would
> be really nice if we could know the results of those discussions.
>
> I thought I'd just raise
> http://www.novell.com/products/opensuse/comparative.html also as one
> of the items that needs to be changed.
>
> "Linux users and technical enthusiasts, experienced computer users and
> community developers"
>
seriously , this is an accurate description of the currant skill set needed
( if you don't believe me Google "openSUSE vs. Ubuntu" and read the threads) , 
an I would like to end the discussion that Novell's marketing team is getting 
it wrong. please, go out and write articles in favor of openSUSE and get us 
new press and when we can refute these remarks with good news, I will (if I 
have to forcibly) work to correct Novell's PR stance on openSUSE.  Till then 
please work on and add to the body of work that is this brilliant and growing 
distribution and host company.

3 Responses to “OpenSUSE vs Ubuntu” at http://www.suseblog.com/?p=197

   1. Christer Edwards Says:
      April 12th, 2007 at 8:58 am

      I really enjoyed openSuSE since the release of 10.1 as well. The only 
thing that *really* bothers me is YaST vs Aptitude. Yeck. On every other 
level they really match up well, but I really couldn’t get used to YaST. 
Hopefully it’ll get kind of cleaned up later and I can try again..
   2. Scott Morris Says:
      April 12th, 2007 at 9:19 am

      Christer,
      Hey! Glad to see you stopped by. You know, I have chatted with a number 
of other people who feel the same way that you do. Though it doesn’t grate me 
too much, I’m hoping the same thing. It would be nice (especially for new 
users) to have something that’s a little easier to use and a little more 
dynamic. Thanks for the visit, bro.
   3. Jeff Says:
      April 21st, 2007 at 1:04 am

      Hey Scott,

      Thanks for the review. I somewhat randomly chose OpenSUSE when Ubuntu 6 
didn’t recognize my CD-ROM drive (suggested workaround from forums: buy 
another!) and I have to agree with your take on YaST - it really is 
atrocious. It’s a shame, really - the rest of OpenSUSE has been so nice.

      Firing up Ubuntu 7 now, so hopefully I’ll be back into the lovely world 
of apt soon enough.


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