On Tuesday 24 April 2007 09:33:51 am Fred A. Miller wrote: > Kai Ponte wrote: > > Okay, out of curiosity, I downloaded Feisty Fawn yesterday and booted it > > to my laptop. I wanted to see what all the fuss over Ubuntu was, > > particularly since I've been using SUSE for the past two or so years. > > > > Here's a screenshot on my laptop: > > > > http://www.perfectreign.com/files/images/20070423_ubuntu_feisty.png > > > > It booted okay, and recognized my hardware on both my laptop and desktop. > > To its credit, it even picked up my volume control buttons and my > > wireless NIC. Not bad. It was a little disconcerting at first, when I > > couldn't auto-attach to my router. However, I realized I don't broadcast > > my SSID. All was well, once I typed it in. > > > > Here's my honest take - I like SUSE better. Why? Well, it is more > > polished. I spent two minutes trying to figure out how to change my > > resolution on my screens and how to mount my hard drive. Neither task was > > intuitive. On SUSE both are very easy. > > > > SUSE adds a lot to the default KDE > > desktop that makes my life easier. In fact, I was just showing one of my > > senior programmers the difference between Ubunutu and SUSE with YaST. He > > agreed with me that YaST makes the difference. (I sent him off with a > > 10.2 live DVD.) > > > > Now, don't get me wrong - I'm not bashing Ubuntu - but to me, I'll stick > > with SUSE > > I'm not wild about having to try Kubuntu, but I understand that 64-bit > works perfectly "out of the box" with the latest release. Some of us > want USB with our 64-bit systems.
I've got a 64-bit Dell laptop waiting in the wings. One of my co-workers already put Vista 64 on his. Unfortunately, 64-bit vista doesn't do flash.... http://donutmonster.com/stuff/NoFlash.jpg ...lol! -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.grassfire.org/142/petition.asp http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]