stephan beal wrote:
Hiya!
My results were pretty similar. I initially tried Ubuntu, rather than Kubuntu, since someone mentioned it was usually better to install Ubuntu, then add the kubuntu-desktop after install. (I also wanted to see the state of Gnome, since I hadn't used it in several years. (It sucks much more now)) I found the whole "live-cd install" a pretty nifty system. I think SuSE could really move to it. During a long install, having a working environment is rather nice. If you have a question during install, you can even bring up Firefox and google it or read the online documentation without a second machine. (Though I don't like the actual install steps in Ubuntu as much, especially since they leave out several important steps like deciding what packages you want to initially install, for instance, YaST is much better) Running the YaST installer inside a live-cd environment would be a nifty feature for SuSE. If you liked Adept, Synaptic is even better, in my opinion. Moreover, since I've been using apt in 10.1, for servers, I've found it really handy to just have it install something quickly on the command line. I know there were ways to do it with yast, but I remember there being issues with dependencies. (though this may have been fixed at some point) With apt, when you just want to quickly install some package, it doesn't have to run the full update from every source and download the massive repodatas three times over or spend several minutes crunching away at who knows what. It just gets the package you asked for and installs it, along with dependencies. For package management, the apt systems are the best I've ever seen. (though fou4s is still the best update system mankind has ever produced) In several other areas, Ubuntu still has a ways to go. Their repo system can sometimes be a bit odd, like what's the real difference between "Universe" and "Multiverse" and there is certainly no consistent configuration system like YaST. And, maybe someone else knows why, but SuSE 10.1 comes with a version of ALSA that does mixing. I mean, you run multiple programs (not through arts or esd) that connect to ALSA and it lets them both output sound. Ubuntu doesn't have that. I like being able to pull up things like RealPlayer while playing music through something else, or still have warning sounds go off or even while playing a game with ePSXe. It's really nice.