[NTLUG:Discuss] OpenSUSE

[Johnny Cybermyth]

Ubuntu is a good choice if you like GNOME.  It is Debian-based so you 
will get familiar with the "debian way" of doing things.  The Ubuntu 
part of it is mainly community support (very newbie, non-technical 
friendly).

You don't have to use GNOME with Ubuntu, but let me offer you a word of 
caution.  KDE on Ubuntu (downloaded as Kubuntu) as of release 5.10 
(current) is very frustrating to use because of Ubuntu's use of sudo 
instead of a root account.  There are workarounds, but they really feel 
like a workarounds instead of a solution.  GNOME (standard Ubuntu) 
doesn't have any of those problems and feels pretty natural to the end 
user.  Also, I found several KDE admin/config tools that didn't display 
properly on my 1040x768 laptop.  Buttons were cut off and the window was 
not adjustable.

Please realize that my comments are from someone who likes the GNOME 
desktop.  If using GNOME is frustrating to you, and since KDE has 
administrative challenges on Ubuntu, you might be best served by another 
distro.

That said, I have given the aforementioned laptop to my friend's mother 
who uses it for Internet.  It seems to be ok if the user just runs 
Firefox. :)

--Ubuntu User out

Tom Tumelty wrote:
>>
>> No... you really need to wait for 10.1.  With that said, there
>> are WAY too many radical changes in 10.1 for my taste.  I may use
>> it as a desktop when it comes out, but I would probably not deploy
>> as a server.  I prefer 9.3 for that (10.0 has too many bugs for
>> me... but YMMV) or SLES9.
>>
>> Of course, the combination listed is fairly simplistic... so it
>> would probably do fine on 10.1 (but I wouldn't deploy an "rc").
>>
> 
> 
>  I am looking for a distribution for non-technical users. I think Slackware
> has to many files to edit, etc...  for a non-technical person.
> I am looking for a distribution that is stable and secure and has a big
> enough community of users that I can find answers to problems relatively
> fast. So far I am looking at Ubuntu, and OpenSus(which i have not used yet).
> May look at Debian too (but i have never used it). I also want to be able to
> support the server remotely as much as possible.
> 
> 
> Thank you for the advice,
> Tom
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