hardware support is mostly kernel, so yes this part is probably shared. But hardware setup is not. and there we are not always first (mandriva find always my printer, openSUSE never, and it's simply a network HP laser, pretty common)
for example the openSUSE partitionner is unparallel with parted! This is the point. For me, openSUSE is the best distro we have. But
Am 02.02.2011 08:36, schrieb jdd: their are a lot of other distros in the world, and I think Fedora is our biggest "problem" (Not problem, like we have to do it away, problem like we have to care, that openSUSE can do it better as Fedora.) So, I´m not just out to compare the distros (btw, I don´t like the Fedora-distro, but I like the project.). It´s better to look into the project and maybe see, what´s different, what can we do better, to make openSUSE sexy for Fedora-users. (No, I´m not out to steal users from Fedora. I´m out to make openSUSE better and maybe get some Fedora-users who says: "openSUSE? We like!") So, SUSE Studio (yes, it´s part of SUSE, not openSUSE, but we all use it, right?) and OBS are important too for comparing the distros. If we just compare the distros, we´re gonna waste our time, really. The user decides what he or she use. As Jean-Daniel figured out right, the Kernel is kinda the same. A "big-patched" Kernel can make some things really difficult and just leaves the user sad and angry alone. I mind Fedora as a nice distro. To install it. For using, I wanna have my openSUSE 11.3 back, believe me. I can´t understand how Linus Torvalds can use the distro. But this is _not_ Fedora-bashing here. I just wanted to say my personal opinion. I´ll set up the text tomorrow, after I was in hospital to checking my knee. Because I´m ill and injured, I´m the whole day at home and can think about the text and some other things. Maybe you have ideas, and note that it not just "openSUSE vs. Fedora". if you found another distro to compare, just feel free to do it! good luck, thanks for reading and contribute, and a nice evening! kdl -- Kim Leyendecker (kimleyendecker@hotmail.de) openSUSE Ambassador powered by openSUSE 11.3 KDE Kernel-desktop 2.6.34-12& using Tumbleweed This mail was composed under Linux Have you tried SUSE Studio? Need to create a Live CD, an app you want to package and distribute , or create your own linux distro. Give SUSE Studio a try. www.susestudio.com. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org