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[Joe Sloan <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Houston wrote:
> Joe Sloan wrote:
> > Just as an FYI there are other linux distros. If suse doesn't work 
> > well on a particular machine, if it were me, I'd try ubuntu or 
> > something, rather than throw in the towel and retreat to ms windows. 
>
> Yeah, I didn't mention it, for the sake of brevity, but I did try 
> kubuntu "Hardy Heron" as well.  There were things about it I liked, such 
> as their approach to dealing with Atheros cards, but there were 
> disappointments with it as well.  For example, I couldn't get nfs 
> working with it as a client and SuSE as the server, and it's important 
> for me to be able to keep 8 or 9 server shares available to the other 
> computers in the house.


Ah, that's another thing. I've found that while for me ubuntu has been 
rock solid, kubuntu is not so good. Not only the default app selection - 
no firefox, no synaptic, but apps would also crash on kubuntu, sort of 
the inverse of my experience with suse 11.0.


Joe
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