How does OpenSUSE 11 compare?

[Thieflock]

I tried OpenSUSE 10.3 and liked everything about it but yast was so damn slow I went back to solely Ubuntu. The online reviews seem to be in good favor with it being faster and the best KDE expirience. Anyway, I want to the the opinions of others that have tried it out are using it now.

Thanks.

[madjr]

opensuse 11 is out.

[Extreme Coder]

OpenSUSE 11 is much much faster than 10.3 in terms of package handling ;)

[cardinals_fan]

OpenSUSE 11 has faster package management, but the KDE Live CD uses KDE 4 *shudder* (I realize that the DVD let's you choose between versions)

[ramjet_1953]

I downloaded the DVD of Open SUSE 11 and installed it onto a spare hard drive and am very impressed with it.

My personal tastes go to GNOME, so I didn't bother with KDE4.

The package manager is very impressive and fast. There is finally something that competes with Synaptic.

On the hardware side, it recognised my Acer laptop and not only set-up wireless networking automatically, but also created a file in /etc/init.d to enable the LED on my laptop to indicate that my wireless card is working. This is something that Ubuntu still does not do.

It also recognised that I had a HP printer and not only installed HPLIP, but also installed the python-qt3 libraries, so that you can actually use hp-setup and hp-toolbox.

For some unknown reason, the developers of Ubuntu do not include python-qt3, often making installing a HP printer on Ubuntu frustrating for newbies.

It also saw my on-board WinModem and set that up also.

This is the sort of polish that helps to make a new user have a good experience with Linux.

Another nice feature is the availability of extensive .pdf manuals that come on the DVD.

Regards,
Roger :cool:

[madjr]

I downloaded the DVD of Open SUSE 11 and installed it onto a spare hard drive and am very impressed with it.

My personal tastes go to GNOME, so I didn't bother with KDE4.

The package manager is very impressive and fast. There is finally something that competes with Synaptic.

On the hardware side, it recognised my Acer laptop and not only set-up wireless networking automatically, but also created a file in /etc/init.d to enable the LED on my laptop to indicate that my wireless card is working. This is something that Ubuntu still does not do.

It also recognised that I had a HP printer and not only installed HPLIP, but also installed the python-qt3 libraries, so that you can actually use hp-setup and hp-toolbox.

For some unknown reason, the developers of Ubuntu do not include python-qt3, often making installing a HP printer on Ubuntu frustrating for newbies.

It also saw my on-board WinModem and set that up also.

This is the sort of polish that helps to make a new user have a good experience with Linux.

Another nice feature is the availability of extensive .pdf manuals that come on the DVD.

Regards,
Roger :cool:

that is cool

ubuntu is lacking in many areas still

Competition is good

[Darkchef]

that is cool

ubuntu is lacking in many areas still

Competition is good

Yeah wireless is still a major problem for a lot of people. Although support for graphics cards to be fair has increased in hardy. A better looking gdm would also be welcomed :)

[anachreon_]

I love it. Am / was a (k)ubuntu user for two years, then I got fed up with persistent annoyances and decided I wanted something different. After using OpenSUSE 11 for a month, I am very impressed with how professional and polished it feels. Sometimes Ubuntu has a bit of a "thrown together" feel to it. OpenSUSE 11 feels very tight.

I use both Gnome and KDE4 on my install. The Gnome setup is slick, and I really like the "slab" menu that it uses. KDE4 seems to be the best implementation of any distribution I've tried, but KDE4 is still, of course, a little rough around the edges. Still trying to figure out where to find a wireless utility for it.

My only gripe so far is that the sleep functionality does not work for me - most likely an nVidia issue, but this has been fixed on Ubuntu for some time. Hopefully today's kernel update fixed the issue.

I still love Ubuntu, of course, but for now I'm very, very happy with OpenSUSE 11. It's a great time to be a linux user! Lots of good choices for every taste.

[Darkchef]

I love it. Am / was a (k)ubuntu user for two years, then I got fed up with persistent annoyances and decided I wanted something different. After using OpenSUSE 11 for a month, I am very impressed with how professional and polished it feels. Sometimes Ubuntu has a bit of a "thrown together" feel to it. OpenSUSE 11 feels very tight.

I use both Gnome and KDE4 on my install. The Gnome setup is slick, and I really like the "slab" menu that it uses. KDE4 seems to be the best implementation of any distribution I've tried, but KDE4 is still, of course, a little rough around the edges. Still trying to figure out where to find a wireless utility for it.

My only gripe so far is that the sleep functionality does not work for me - most likely an nVidia issue, but this has been fixed on Ubuntu for some time. Hopefully today's kernel update fixed the issue.

I still love Ubuntu, of course, but for now I'm very, very happy with OpenSUSE 11. It's a great time to be a linux user! Lots of good choices for every taste.

Yeah i use Ubuntu 8.04 and OpenSUSE 11.0 and i can say that ubuntu still has the best package manager, especially when compiling.

its best to avoid anything kde, i just dont like it and kde 4 is way too new and buggy to be used properly at the moment..

[Vorian Grey]

I know it's probably just me, but I still find Ubuntu easier to configure. Maybe it's because I'm more use to the Debian way of doing things or maybe it's because Ubuntu has twice the documentation of openSuse, I don't know. However, I can find the info I need and have something configured while I'm still looking for some piece of information to configure something in openSuse.

Yast is so confusing to me and sometimes what you apply doesn't "take" and you have to try again. It just seems easier and quicker to me to edit the necessary files.

However, 11 is much quicker and faster than 10.3, so if you love openSuse you will definitely love 11.

[mikjp]

configured while I'm still looking for some piece of information to configure something in openSuse.

I find usually everything I need in YaST.