[SATLUG] Somewhat OT: SuSE & Novell

[John Pappas]

On 1/14/07, Geoff <geoff at w5omr.shacknet.nu> wrote:
>
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 15:06 -0800, Alex Bartonek wrote:
> >
> >> So yea I'm fixing to install openSuSE 10.2 but am
> >> disappointed that they made a deal with the devil.
> >> I'm hoping I do not find any Microsoft (c) or logos on
> >> this install or it will be the last install of SuSE I
> >> will do.  I'm disappointed.. on the flip side, I dont
> >> like RH/Fedora either..
> >>
> >
> > Out of curiosity, why not?
>
> why do some people drive Chevy's and some drive Fords?
>
> It's a preference.
>
> *I* like SuSE as well, but am looking to bail for another distro because
> of Novell's dealings with Micro$loth.
>
> "Vote with your feet".--
>

That is a fitting analogy, as they are both RPM based.  I have moved to a
Toyota.

I love YAST.  I dislike MS practices more.  I have installed Kubuntu.  After
thinking about it, this is my first debian based system (other than
Knoppix), so I am just getting used to the tools.  The consolidated
interface of yast makes admin of multiple systems easyr/fast, and the
package manager makes finding software a snap (Global search, not just
name).  Once I get the hang of config/mgt then I will have a more apples to
apples view.

John