I have feeling that Ubuntu/Kubuntu way would be solution that you are looking for, but taking that some applications in both desktop environments are mature while counterpart is far from that, making graphic style or size of system priority will affect functionality.
I agree, that's the ubuntu way, and that's one of the reasons which make ubuntu so successful: it's just clean, without lacking of the basic functionalities you need. And if you want more, you just open the installer and add, without worrying about the addition of unknown repositories with exotic names, as we have to do. And these, together with the ridiculous delay in solving issues in openSUSE, are the reasons why I'm moving to ubuntu. To be honest, the lack of functionality sounds like an excuse to me. I talked about basic desktop applications, like the one provided by default, so I would like some example of fundamental functionality which would lack adding gnomebaker instead than...nothing, because nothing is installed by default in gnome at the moment to create CD/DVD's, with the exception of the integrated functionalities of Nautilus.
Last time I compared distros it was Red Hat 9 vs. SUSE 9. The only thing Red Hat got better is graphic appearance. SUSE 9 got better hardware recognition, more programs and more programs that have no missing functionality. I got in both distros file managers, but Konqueror was by far better than Nautilus.
The difference is the cleanliness. I don't like Red Hat myself, but without a doubt, its consistency is amazing. The nautilus vs. konqueror battle is just a question of personal preferences. Regards, Alberto --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org