On Thursday 08 Dec 2011 16:11:56 LinuxIsOne wrote: > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:56 AM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > As long as we're talking about *you*, and not about someone you're > > setting things up for, here's what I'd suggest: > > > > 1) Keep your existing Ubuntu setup operational, at least for a while. > > Gentoo isn't something you should dive into unless you have a > > fallback, at least until you learn enough to be able to fix the things > > you'll encounter. > > 2) Set up Gentoo as a second machine; it really is a great way to > > learn how a lot of the moving parts in Linux work. > > > > Once you've got Gentoo doing everything you want it to do, and you've > > burned yourself a couple times, you'll be in a good position to make a > > decision for yourself. I've actually bounced back and forth between > > Ubuntu and Gentoo twice in the last three or four years, but I think > > I'm finally ready to go steady with Gentoo. :) > > > > Ubuntu is great for "it just works." Ubuntu isn't so great for "it > > just keeps working." Neither is Gentoo, for that matter, but, at least > > with Gentoo, you'll know how to fix it. > > Ah, thanks for the nice suggestions, I would keep a note of it. I > would install in one old machine, I mean I would try to install Gentoo > after going through the docs..(of course, required in Gentoo). But one > more request can you also suggest about openSUSE? Is openSUSE lies in > the middle between Ubuntu and Gentoo?
OpenSUSE is not that different from Ubuntu, but is a long way from Gentoo. There is no way to meaningfully compare *Ubuntu and OpenSUSE, because it depends what suits your taste and preferences. You can install both, run them for a few weeks and see which you feel more comfortable with. Last time I installed OpenSUSE (some years ago) I had to reinstall it when time came to upgrade to the latest version. With Ubuntu the upgrade path was pretty seamless. The Ubuntu devs had it all scripted out via the update manager. So, Ubuntu is I think easier to look after and keep upgrading than OpenSUSE was back then. Not sure how things have evolved since then in the OpenSUSE world. CentOS was no better than OpenSUSE in this regard. So, for a newcomer to Linux I would recommend *Ubuntu. -- Regards, Mick
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