It makes for confusion among nOObs trying to make an intelligent choice.
Most (in my experience) simply go for the vanilla Ubuntu. Those that know enough to make a choice usually have enough information available to actually make that choice without the confusion. :-)
*buntu there aren't just architectures and desktops to choose from, but also certain other installation options are only available in either the standards or the alternates but not both.
Hmmmm didn't know that. I simply went with the Cds I picked up at trade shows... or downloaded.
thing I was referring to. Debians dump everything but single into runlevel 2, which can make a number of otherwise simple troubleshooting and
Ok, that explains a lot of the issues I was having with Ubuntu. :-P and why I eventually got fed up and relegated it to a VirtualBox instance.
How do their users use a command line to locate a particular package they
Do they? The target audience for Ubuntu is definitely not the same as SUSE aims for. SUSE is at a higher level of expertise and use. SUSE is fine for a desktop, but also does a great job on the server and enterprise level. Ubuntu doesn't do so well there. I haven't yet run into a full time Ubuntu user who spends time on the command line tinkering with his or her package management. It"s Synaptic only.... It's interesting to hear your take on the drawbacks of Ubuntu. I hadn't got so far with it as to want to tinker in the various run levels or CLI package management.. (stuff I do with SUSE from time to time). C. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org