For being free, FC1 it is stable and awsomwe.... the way linux ought to be > On Wed, 31 Dec 2003, Mark Haney wrote: > >> Okay, kind of a stupid and maybe useless question, but as I"ve been >> really >> tinkering with (gasp!) SUSE, I'm kind of wondering how stable FC1 really >> is? I mean I realize there are issues, otherwise this list wouldn't be >> very useful, but how well does it work as a Workstation (not server) as >> compared with any other distros especially RH9? > > I can't compare to RH9, but I *can* compare it to SuSE 9.0 > > Don't switch to SuSE. Trust me on this one. Baaad juju. After seing > what was available, I decided to go with SuSE for my first real exposure > to Linux in 6+ years. (And I had no experience with a Linux GUI at that > point.) > > If you needs are met 100% by what's available on the distro CDs, then SuSE > could work for you. But adding anything else? Damn near impossible. > There are some things I *couldn't* get installed under SuSE, that were a > breeze with Fedora. I'm not the only one wih those problems either. > > On the positive side, there are more GUI controls for things. So if > that's what you're looking for, then maybe it's for you. > > Also you can *forget* right now about editing files by hand and expecting > them to stay that way, and work correctly. The SuSE likes to rewrite > stuff on you without warning. > > In short, the problems I had with SuSE 9.0 were great enough that I > abandoned it, even though I paid the $80 for the Professional version. > > Using Fedora, I've had a *lot* fewer problems. > > Krikket > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
