[KLUG Members] SUSE
Bert
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Jeremy Leonard wrote:
>I'll be purchasing a copy of SUSE. Which flavor of their distro should I
>get? Any recomendations.
>
>The company I work for wants a comprehensive list of tools and utilities
>that will be our "Company Standard". Along with which distro will be our
>"Company Standard".
>
>I've only ever worked with RH. (5-9)
>
>We are a Novell consulting company. Me a CNE and most of our clients are
>Novell. I'm M$ certified too as are a few of our other engineers. We
>currently only have one client using Linux.
>
>Personaly I think it's a little premature to lock in to a single
>distribution. Plus tools and utilities are constantly changing. On top of
>that he, that being my boss, is asking for this by the 4th. He asked me
>today! I'm the one with the most Linux expirence. Hence the reason he asked
>me.
>
>Anyway, any help, thought, or comments would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Jeremy
>
>
I read a article yesterday in wich a comparison of linux distro's was
made. SuSE pro was #1, followed by RedHat with just a minor difference.
It appears that SuSE having the best new hardware support, and brings
the most programs, but has the highest price. I must say I work with
SuSE since version 6.1, somewhere in the late '90's. I have worked with
Caldera and RedHat before that. I personally prefere SuSE for its easy
installation process and its tools to manage. I know the latter (Yast)
is something that divides the Linux users in SuSE lovers and Haters. But
it works for me. And there are always possibilities to go around Yast.
(Yet Another Setup Tool). There is also YOU, Yast Online Update, witch
makes it easy to install new packages after a security warning of for
just an update. SuSE also offers a very good web-site. And a good
security warning system (as others will have). I can't translate whole
the article for you but I will mention some details of the article here.
Mandrake PowerPack 9.1
RedHat 9 pro
SuSE 8.2 pro
ease of use/flexible
+/+
+/+
++/+
partitioning
++
-
+
NTFS partitioning
yes
no
no
standard installation in MB
1300
2010
1830
packages
3240
1410
3260
free online update
yes
yes
yes
install new software from cd
yes
no separate programs
yes
install new software from internet
yes
no
no
management tools
++
+
++
kernel version
2.4.21
2.4.20
2.4.20
glibc/gcc/Xfree86/KDE/Gnome
2.3.1/3.2.2/4.3.0/3.1/2.2.0
2.3.2/3.2.2/4.3.0/3.1/2.2.0
2.3.2/3.3/4.3.0/3.1.1/2.2.0
mozilla/open office
1.3/1.0.2
1.2.1/1.0.2
1.2.1/1.0.2
multi media
++
-
++
number of CD's/dvd's
7/0
8/1
5/2
support
60 days
30 days/60 days
90 days
iso images available
yes
yes
no
price
69 Euro
57 Euro
99 Euro
I know this a just a comparison, others will have a different outcome.
Prices are likely to be different locally.
I don't think SuSE would be a bad chooise, nor would be any other.
Except for Lindows what is not doing what is (was) promissed for its M$
compability, but who wants that anyway? If you do you should take a look
at SuSE Linux Office Desktop BTW. I have read somewhere else that in
Germany the government of Munich is using it 14,000 clients!
I work with Suse 7.2 (Laptop) and 8.1 (desktop) myself now, and am very
pleased with it. SuSE 8.2 also mounts usb devices automatically, showing
an icon on the desktop. For work I use an older version of mandrake on
wich usb support is still giving me trouble. I don't know how other
distro's handles usb, likewise I suppose.
Hope this helps.
Bert.
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Jeremy Leonard wrote:<br>
<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid004b01c36d97$a7f4e680$b100020a@jllaptop">
<pre wrap="">I'll be purchasing a copy of SUSE. Which flavor of their distro should I
get? Any recomendations.
The company I work for wants a comprehensive list of tools and utilities
that will be our "Company Standard". Along with which distro will be our
"Company Standard".
I've only ever worked with RH. (5-9)
We are a Novell consulting company. Me a CNE and most of our clients are
Novell. I'm M$ certified too as are a few of our other engineers. We
currently only have one client using Linux.
Personaly I think it's a little premature to lock in to a single
distribution. Plus tools and utilities are constantly changing. On top of
that he, that being my boss, is asking for this by the 4th. He asked me
today! I'm the one with the most Linux expirence. Hence the reason he asked
me.
Anyway, any help, thought, or comments would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Jeremy
</pre>
</blockquote>
I read a article yesterday in wich a comparison of linux distro's was made.
SuSE pro was #1, followed by RedHat with just a minor difference. It appears
that SuSE having the best new hardware support, and brings the most programs,
but has the highest price. I must say I work with SuSE since version 6.1,
somewhere in the late '90's. I have worked with Caldera and RedHat before
that. I personally prefere SuSE for its easy installation process and its
tools to manage. I know the latter (Yast) is something that divides the Linux
users in SuSE lovers and Haters. But it works for me. And there are always
possibilities to go around Yast. (Yet Another Setup Tool). There is also
YOU, Yast Online Update, witch makes it easy to install new packages after
a security warning of for just an update. SuSE also offers a very good web-site.
And a good security warning system (as others will have). I can't translate
whole the article for you but I will mention some details of the article
here.<br>
<br>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><br>
</td>
<td valign="top" width="30%">Mandrake PowerPack 9.1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">RedHat 9 pro<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">SuSE 8.2 pro<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">ease of use/flexible<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">+/+<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">+/+<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">++/+<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">partitioning<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">++<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">+<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">NTFS partitioning<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">no<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">no<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">standard installation in MB<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1300<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2010<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1830<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">packages<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">3240<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1410<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">3260<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">free online update<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">install new software from cd<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">no separate programs<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">install new software from internet<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">no<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">no<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">management tools<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">++<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">+<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">++<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">kernel version<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2.4.21<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2.4.20<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2.4.20<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">glibc/gcc/Xfree86/KDE/Gnome<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2.3.1/3.2.2/4.3.0/3.1/2.2.0<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2.3.2/3.2.2/4.3.0/3.1/2.2.0<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">2.3.2/3.3/4.3.0/3.1.1/2.2.0<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">mozilla/open office<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1.3/1.0.2<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1.2.1/1.0.2<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">1.2.1/1.0.2<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">multi media<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">++<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">-<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">++<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">number of CD's/dvd's<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">7/0<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">8/1<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">5/2<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">support<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">60 days<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">30 days/60 days<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">90 days<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">iso images available<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">yes<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">no<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">price<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">69 Euro<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">57 Euro<br>
</td>
<td valign="top">99 Euro<br>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<br>
I know this a just a comparison, others will have a different outcome. Prices
are likely to be different locally. <br>
<br>
I don't think SuSE would be a bad chooise, nor would be any other. Except
for Lindows what is not doing what is (was) promissed for its M$ compability,
but who wants that anyway? If you do you should take a look at SuSE Linux
Office Desktop BTW. I have read somewhere else that in Germany the government
of Munich is using it 14,000 clients!<br>
<br>
I work with Suse 7.2 (Laptop) and 8.1 (desktop) myself now, and am very pleased
with it. SuSE 8.2 also mounts usb devices automatically, showing an icon
on the desktop. For work I use an older version of mandrake on wich usb support
is still giving me trouble. I don't know how other distro's handles usb,
likewise I suppose.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps.<br>
<br>
<br>
Bert.<br>
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