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Indian777

I have been using Ubuntu for a few months now and i have to agree that there is nothing better that i have come across.But somebody recently suggested to have a look at SUSE as well . So here i am now trying to have a much better idea about SUSE.
I have downloaded free 60 day evaluation of SUSE 10 and am about to install it but was just wondering if some of you would be willing to share your experiences.I think both are great distros and from the looks of distro watch both are top ones but I would like to hear opinions of those in this community.

So just gimme a reason why one is better and other is not?

newprouser

I dunno if Open suse is different from SUSE, if its not i'd rather suggest that you stay with ubuntu. But if u r a experienced linux user then go for it no problems.

cool_techie_tvm

Instead of the trial version, u could have downloaded Opensuse

Indian777

Hey techie just doing it now as we speak.So have you guys used both Ubuntu and Suse? I mean what differences have you found in both which one is better in which way i mean i can talk about Ubuntu but nothing on SUSE 's part.Would be great if i can get some input.

cool_techie_tvm

Found OpenSuse to be a bit confusing for me. And i lost nearly 110MB that day because the OS started updating by itself without any intimidation. Removed it without hesitation. Sorry.

I would prefer Fedora over OpenSuse anyday.

Gary4gar

OpenSuse has a nice control panel, which works nicely. Opensuse users don't need to touch terminal, on usaual times.

Whereas with Ubuntu, for tweaking you have to get your hands dirty

danny86

basic working of all the distros are almost same. the only differance is some may pack more features into their OS, some work to provide better visualization. If u are using Linux just to get a feel of it, any distribution is fine.

puchu

Totally agree.Even the interface is better since SuSE 9 onwards.Also used Mandriva 2008 ,used compiz fusion without any problem, but for Ubuntu ,compiz was a real problem maker.

just4kix

OpenSuse is supported by Novell and hence it is a good reason to go with it - not that Ubuntu is bad.

smoothvibes

i have tried my hand on OpenSuse too but found ubuntu as far much better distro than suse, i understand user interface is good in suse but still there is no problem with ubuntu too the only thing which you need to know is- how to customize ubuntu according to your needs and requirements. I got all my applications installed on ubuntu and it works great for me

If you want you can try suse there is no harm but at last you will come back to ubuntu only

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