[NTLUG:Discuss] Distro Recomendation

[Stan Gatchel]

SuSE. 'nuff said.

Johnny Cybermyth wrote:

> I've been able to convince the lead engineer at my company to evaluate 
> embedded Linux over windows CE for memory management reasons.  He has 
> heard good things about Linux, but has never used it.  Today he comes 
> in asking for my recommendation for a distro.  He was also asking 
> about the presence of a compiler with a visual program builder.  I 
> told him I'd give him some distros to play with on Monday, but I'd 
> like some suggestions from you guys.
>
> I immediately thought a KDE-based distro with KDevelop would be the 
> best candidate, so SUSE is what I'm leaning toward now.  I'm a GNOME 
> user myself, but it seems that there are more "polished" apps 
> available for KDE than there are for GNOME.  Anyone agree or disagree?
>
> Chris also mentioned that SUSE had great hardware detection which I 
> would place as a high priority given that this is an evaluation run. 
> Bad experiences and perceptions weigh the same as facts under these 
> circumstances.
>
> Any thoughts are appreciated.  Thanks in advance!
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