[SATLUG] Somewhat OT: SuSE & Novell

[Geoff]

John Pappas wrote:
>> .. 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.

SuSE is pretty much what I've been with, since I got into Linux... but 
here lately, I've downloaded some ISO's and burned a few Live-CD distros 
(Knoppix, Whoppix, Whax) and need to get some more, to do some comparison.


I've never been a big fan of the (_insert distro flavor_) Linux gui... 
but between kde and gnome, I think I like gnome better. 

It's a wonderful thing to have so many choices and, when all is said and 
done, it's -still- Linux under the hood.  The kernel is the same.

The biggest differences I'm seeing now, aren't so much the 'named 
distros', but whether or not the particular distro of interest is RPM 
based (RH, SuSE, etc) or not (Slackware, debian (and I'm not 100% 
positive that debian isn't) etc...)

Just some personal observations.

-- 
Best Regards,
-Geoff

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