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By the way, Im using both distros. I prefer suse when it is configured properly. But I realized that solving problems is much easier in ubuntu (e.g. dual screen, wlan, sound issues). Also, I have a few friends turning back to xp after suse. but not after ubuntu.
Hi list, - my experience is that of Gabor's too -when setting up laptops for friends, I use Ubuntu. They are all newcomers who wish to get away from XP/Vista. SuSE is my distro for 9+ years, but the avarage user will very quickly run into problems, in effect making SuSE a BAD choice for a beginner who basicly needs a working laptop and perhaps doesn't care so much about what's in it.. The issues I've noticed are - in a somewhat arbitrary sequence - a) Knetworkmanager is not stable. It mostly works often for months and so. But when for whatever reason it decides to break, it does so effectively. In Ubuntu there are no issues with wireless instability. b) The built in sw repo-system of Ubuntu is just working. YaST is generally working, but once it decides to break... One example, in U the general user can install some sw, just give him the name of the app to install, that's all that is needed. Don't even try that in SuSE. c) If the Ubuntu hardware graphics supports it, it's a piece of cake to enable funny windows and all. In SuSE...hmmmm not so easy. d) Desktop stability, KDE4.2 is most likely stable and fine. It was a catastrophic (Novell top brass I guess) decision to let 4.1 go out the door before it was ready. The average non-tech user would never have accepted such a mess. Despite this little (I hope) constructive critisism, I absolutely very much prefer SuSE. But perhaps mostly because I'm somewhat comfortable with it. But even I am scared away when new 'features' of perhaps (to me) dubious value are introduced. One day I'll have to ditch my 10.3 and switch to 11.1 or whatever. I'll start using KDE4.2 - which gives me another problem. Not that I cannot use it, I'll learn and most likely be very pleased with it. But, I'll not be able to lock it down, using all my knowledge of how to do so in version 3.5. Time to learn again :-) -- ------------------------------ Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Verner Kjærsgaard Open Source Academy +45 56964223 Novell Certified Linux Professional 10035701 ------------------------------ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org