On Thu, 2008-06-05 at 09:07 -0400, Rick Bilonick wrote:
I've been using Linux (almost exclusively Red Hat) for more than 10 years. Fedora has it's quirks (mostly having to use ndiswrapper to get wireless working) but most everything else is fairly straight forward. It's quite simple to use yum to install packages from the repositories and to add repositories. I had no trouble installing R and many, many other packages. With SUSE SLED 10.1, I can't install much, can't get to any repositories. IMO, it's the worst version of Linux I've ever used.
SUSE Linux *Enterprise* Desktop 10 wasn't designed for the enthusiast crowd, or even home users really. It's designed for office workers in an enterprise setting to use their computer without worrying about repositories, software installation, drivers, etc. THe idea is there's an IT guy in an office somewhere handling all that.
This weekend I plan to install a new hard drive and onto it Fedora 9. Otherwise, I don't think I'll ever get the system to be usable. The other alternative would be to install openSUSE 10.3 or 11.0 but given my experience with SLED, I don't have high hopes for openSUSE.
openSUSE is much better for home users and enthusiasts. It's designed so *you* can easily set it up, so you don't need an IT guy to set up your own computer. Definitely give it a try! -- Kevin "Yo" Dupuy Public Mail <kevin.dupuy@opensuse.org> Yo.media: 225-590-5961 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org