Re: Fw: Ubuntu WORKS. I no longer use Suse
From: Gonzalo (nomail_at_nomail.com)
Date: 05/06/05
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Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 17:42:18 -0400
wwwolf wrote:
>
> On Tue, 03 May 2005 17:20:27 +0100
> Foxy <foxy@foxyhole.com> wrote:
>
>> I still have both - SuSE and Ubuntu on my PC, though I more often use
>> Ubuntu. I cannot say that there is much difference, both got their own
>> merits and bugs. SuSE seems slightly bloated, works slower and takes
>> longer to boot. I guess one can configure it to fly but I did not manage
>> it.
>
> I just ditched SuSE completly this past weekend 8-) I really like Ubuntu's
> repositories. You just click on an application to install with Synaptic
> and it goes out and retreives it with all dependencies. I also love the
> backdoor method of 'sudo apt-get install such-and-such'. I have to admit
> that my computer now goes at lightning speed, bootup, and application
> executions. It's kind-of-like I just got a brand-new computer!
>
> I probably wont be poking my head in here much anymore since there are
> alot of differences in the command language, and since I'm no-longer using
> SuSE I will start loosing my ability to help users. When Ubuntu offered
> KDE in Kubuntu, it was like a dream come true! 8-)
>
> TTFN,
>
> wwwolf
While your article may sound like a troll, I can back up your experience, if
only by adding some caveats.
On the same hardware, Kubuntu is a bit faster and much more responsive.
However, Kubuntu does not offer YAST, even though much of what Yast offers
is avialable through a combination of:
Kynaptic/Synaptic (I installed Synaptic because it is a little more mature)
KCron
KUser
Kprinter, the network manager that is built into the Kde control center.
While I was predispose not to like Kubuntu, because of all the hype that I
had heard about Ubuntu, it is truly a pleasure to use and it has also
breathed new life into my older hardware.
It probably still requires a bit more knowledge than Suse, but not a whole
lot more.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, I now have a combination of Debian, Mandrake,
Suse and Kubuntu on my network. Which makes for lots of "fun" and keeps
things interesting.
As the need arises, we may eventually begin to consolidate on one or two
distributions.
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