Re: [SLE] The future of SuSE Linux as we know it?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevanf1" <kevanf1@gmail.com> To: "SuSE Group" <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] The future of SuSE Linux as we know it? Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:47:32 +0100
In the latest TUX magazine there is a comparison of several Linux distros and SuSE does NOT come up on top. The top choice is Mandriva, and SuSE is beaten by other distros (Mepis comes in 2nd and Fedora as 3rd).
I read this yesterday afternoon. It's interesting reading but I don't agree with the overall result. It does seem to be skewed.
Anytime Mandriva comes out at the top of the list in a distro shoot-out, it makes the entire results of a product comparison suspect. Granted, certain community pundits (LinuxFormat & Tux) like Mandriva but the quality of the distribution is no longer the cutting edge distro that it was a year or so back, according to reports, Mandriva is hemoraging money, showed its founder to the door, and unless Mandriva team gets it act together, it most like will suffer an untimely demise.
Clint Tinsley wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevanf1" <kevanf1@gmail.com> To: "SuSE Group" <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] The future of SuSE Linux as we know it? Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:47:32 +0100
In the latest TUX magazine there is a comparison of several Linux distros and SuSE does NOT come up on top. The top choice is Mandriva, and SuSE is beaten by other distros (Mepis comes in 2nd and Fedora as 3rd).
I read this yesterday afternoon. It's interesting reading but I don't agree with the overall result. It does seem to be skewed.
Anytime Mandriva comes out at the top of the list in a distro shoot-out, it makes the entire results of a product comparison suspect. Granted, certain community pundits (LinuxFormat & Tux) like Mandriva but the quality of the distribution is no longer the cutting edge distro that it was a year or so back,
As you probably know, Mandriva is no longer the old Mandrake but is now a combination of Mandrake, Conectiva and Lycoris.
according to reports, Mandriva is hemoraging money, showed its founder to the door, and unless Mandriva team gets it act together, it most like will suffer an untimely demise.
Ah, so Mandriva is going and doing a "SuSE" then :-)? SuSE's old and intelligent brigade has been deserting also - or haven't you heard about that? - and Novell is also going down the financial gurgler. When they discovered (?)last year that SuSE actually made some money for them they were flabbergasted - which just goes to show how well they did their homework when they decided to buy SuSE. Cheers. -- Yes, I AM a certified Cleavage Inspector.
On 04/04/06, Basil Chupin <blchupin@tpg.com.au> wrote:
Clint Tinsley wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevanf1" <kevanf1@gmail.com> To: "SuSE Group" <suse-linux-e@suse.com> Subject: Re: [SLE] The future of SuSE Linux as we know it? Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:47:32 +0100
In the latest TUX magazine there is a comparison of several Linux distros and SuSE does NOT come up on top. The top choice is Mandriva, and SuSE is beaten by other distros (Mepis comes in 2nd and Fedora as 3rd).
I read this yesterday afternoon. It's interesting reading but I don't agree with the overall result. It does seem to be skewed.
Anytime Mandriva comes out at the top of the list in a distro shoot-out, it makes the entire results of a product comparison suspect. Granted, certain community pundits (LinuxFormat & Tux) like Mandriva but the quality of the distribution is no longer the cutting edge distro that it was a year or so back,
As you probably know, Mandriva is no longer the old Mandrake but is now a combination of Mandrake, Conectiva and Lycoris.
according to reports, Mandriva is hemoraging money, showed its founder to the door, and unless Mandriva team gets it act together, it most like will suffer an untimely demise.
Ah, so Mandriva is going and doing a "SuSE" then :-)? SuSE's old and intelligent brigade has been deserting also - or haven't you heard about that? - and Novell is also going down the financial gurgler. When they discovered (?)last year that SuSE actually made some money for them they were flabbergasted - which just goes to show how well they did their homework when they decided to buy SuSE.
Cheers.
-- Yes, I AM a certified Cleavage Inspector.
I would like to point out that, though I doubt the conditions that testing was performed under in the Tux Magazine round up, I actually like the latest two versions of Mandriva. Prior to these it was absolutely awful. Now it is very good, very useable and I would not hesitate recommending it to anybody. I would point them to SuSE as being better :-) Now, how do I also become a certified Cleavage Inspector :-))) is this dependent upon one's height? -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
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