Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3653 mails)

["Stuart Powell" <stuart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks, Robert.

This is a unique insight that I was looking for and, along with the other
responses, more than adequately answers my question.  It seems to me that
most of the distros are mature enough now to do most tasks comfortably, with
final choice coming down to the preference of the admin.  My original
question was more concerned with the added cost of RedHat Pro, and what the
extra money got me that I didn't get with SuSE Pro.  The answer seems to be
"Not a lot".

I used to subscribe to the RedHat equivalent of the SLE list, many many
moons ago, and they seemed like a good crowd, too.  However, I must admit to
having developed a particular soft spot for the SuSE distro and the members
of the SLE list.  With a resource this good, I have NEVER felt the need to
contact SuSE support directly.  SLE and the SDB have answered all my
important questions over the last couple of years.  Let's keep it up for the
good of us all.

Bye for now,
Stuart.

<snip>

I run Redhat on my laptop, SuSE on my desktop, so perhaps my input will
be of some use.

</snip>

So, as for which is the best distro - no opinion. Redhat and SuSE are
both good, but each has some minor advantages/disadvantages. Some say
that Redhat is better as a server, SuSE is better as a desktop - that's
sort of true, but in fact with some tweaking, both do a proper job of
desktop and server. I actually enjoy switching off between the two
distros, seeing how each takes its own approach at solving the same set
of problems.

 - Robert Storey