On Thursday 20 July 2006 07:19, Per Jessen wrote: > Per Jessen wrote: > > Personally, I don't experiment much with > > distros as I have a production system to look after, so I don't > > know anything about Ubuntu. > > But now I got curious and downloaded Ubuntu 6.06, burned myself a CD > and began the install - I'm testing SUSE 10.2 Alpha2 on a couple of > systems anyway, so one test more wouldn't exactly upset my schedule > :-) > > Well, it took about 5secs before my Ubuntu install hit a kernel oops. > I'm surprised, but not impressed ... (oh, and I did check the CD for > defects). > > > > /Per Jessen, Zürich > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
I too took the bait and downloaded Ubuntu to see what all the noise was about PJ. Testing on two different machines further confirmed the fact, this thing is overrated. This has to be one of the slowest, worst thought out distros available on standard hardware. I have read articles, as well, flaunting it as a great desktop Linux, over & above SuSE, but I've yet to determine why. Thing I always find after finally getting it to boot is it's still Debian. That's not meant to be a cut on Debian, it's a fine distro, but it's not Fedora, Mandriva or SuSE! What you find with Ubuntu, you'll find with any Debian based Linux distro. As far as APT goes, I'm sure for those that have used it continuously on a Debian based distro, think it's the best thing since sliced bread, but I seem to remember the difficulty many had trying to use it with SuSE. The wailing that went on the regular SuSE mail list could be heard around the world from failed upgrades and broken systems. Sure you could get it working, but it was still uncertain what your next update might end up becoming. I feel like I partially understand what SuSE is trying to do with the present offerings, including a crappy mono programmed yast2 that continues to give problems. That is to bring everything together so that YUM, Smart & Yast2 all work seamlessly in doing updates, etc. for the user or administrator. I also do agree with the one poster that mentioned documentation is very sparse to the point of being non-existent! I recently setup KYum to use for updating. I did so because it's QT based and YUM is excellent for rpm type distros, but trying to find enough documentation to get everything working was a nightmare. Just through sheer insistence on my part to get away from zmd, rug, red carpet or whatever that mess is, was I able to figure it out. I like it! Thing is, this is not the first time SuSE programs have arrived with little or no documentation. Without it makes learning how things work near impossible and difficult for helpful users to offer suggestions on how to help fix it. We all have to accept the fact, Novell seems to want to take SuSE in a different direction. What that direction is, I'm not sure yet. SLES & SLED 10.0 seem to be praised as some of the best Linux yet. That may be nice for the business end, but forgetting what made SuSE what it is, may very well be their weak spot. As with any Linux, SuSE is/was a community of people wanting to make it the best with some clear direction. I'm not sure that direction is as clear as it once might have been. regards, Lee --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
