On 6/2/06, Sjoerd Hiemstra
This article compares installation, features, security, costs and ease of use of OpenSUSE and Vista.
http://desktoplinux.com/articles/AT5613250391.html
One of the most remarkable points is that OpenSUSE supports more hardware than Vista at the moment. The first big difference is the system requirements, being substantially lower for OpenSUSE than for the Windows operating system. Because of these and many other points, the author of this comparison sees a much brighter future for OpenSUSE than for Vista.
I have always thought that the only thing that can bring down a giant is the giant himself. I mean Linux is great ... and no matter how many review I read I think it is at least 10 sorry 500 no sorry 1000 better than what MS Windows is and will ever be, because of the way it is made. MS is getting to fat and too lazy to adapt and change and why should they make the other people change. Just a brief story: ...Yesterday I had to upgrade a Windows XP by putting on service pack 2 so that I can test something with .NET, so I check the service pack it says 1 I go on MS site and start download it tells me that a policy prevents the pack from being loaded over the web so I call the admin he tells me: " I do not know if there is an executable but I can give you a reg key change if you cannot find one (exe) from another tech support guy.." I hate waiting so I enable updates ... nothing happens ... I reboot nothing happens ... I start doing something else 2 updates appear and I know there should 1000+ anyway I load them .. then I reboot (of course everything is a kernel upgrade here :)) ... and wow more updates and SP2 as well I start downloading that ends with no message no confirmation nothing I check SP still 1 ... I reboot ... check SP still 1 .. I run .NET installer which checks the SP too and wants 2 it runs no problem ... I reboot ... cause I have to it is like breathing for the windows l-ser After 2 hours I am ready to now do what I wanted to evaluate a closed source security solution. I spent 5 minutes and I have already found a major problem .... now I have to fill out 10 forms be on 4 conference calls and talk to 5 different people starting with a sales rep ... what the ... to explain to them what the problems. I will probably never get the name of a developer or try to explain in my own words. I hope you are getting what I am trying to say by now. ... this is not nice especially when I can post to a forum like this one and get a response in 15 minutes with detailed instructions from someone who really know my pain ... :). Thank you by the way. I am not saying Linux is perfect or as a matter of fact that it will ever be, I do not think that "dumming it down" so that everyone can use it will make it better as I do not want what everyone has or want to use :). And yes I whine and complain from time to time when I spend hours figuring stuff out and making them work in Linux, but I know if I get so frustrated with anything (like winblows) I can take what I want and make what I want ... and this is freedom. Even if everyone liked bloody beef (I tried it once to my surprise it was not that bad) I like it well done ;) and that is how I will have it ... thanks to all the OSS developers that make this freedom a reality today :). Best wishes to everyone. george
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