> I often encounter a load of enthusiasm for Ubuntu (and the exact opposite for
> Suse) never understand why!
Good at marketing? Good at generating hype? It's no secret that now
and in the past the most popular distribution (of the _online/vocal_
community) is not the one that is the most excellent technically.
It's the hype, but it's also the target audience. Ubuntu is really
pushed as a home user desktop, and it does a reasonably good job of
that... particularly in the area of package management (as I've
pointed out before).
Once Ubuntu is installed the user fires up Synaptic, and the first
thing it asks is if you want to add in all the repos. Click yes, and
you have quick, easy access to all the applications in the repo.
Do the same in SUSE. and it takes forever to parse through the
repos... if you manage to figure out (as a new user) how to add 3rd
party repos. Everyone says use Smart.. which has a dog's breakfast of
a UI.... so you're only marginally better off.
I'm really looking forward to 10.3 and it's repo management improvements :-)
C.
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