[KLUG Members] Distro Change

[Todd Pillars]

Quoting Andy Eidson <abeidson at yahoo.com>:

> Ok.. I am currently in process of setting up a full
> time Linux workstation. I have been using Fedora Core
> 1 the whole time in my testing because that was the
> newest version I had burned to CD. In searching the
> past threads I noticed a lot of KLUG members have
> seemed to migrate away from "Redhat/BSWare" to SUSE.
> Is this because Fedora has just been to unstable for
> users or that SUSE just offers "more" in some way? I
> am in the process of downloading the Fedora Core 3
> Test DVD ISO and trying that.. but was wondering why
> the switch to SUSE?

I have been using all 3 versions of Fedora in various capacities and each has
been stable for me. One exception is Core 3, which is stable enough, but only
available in "development" so could break in a second - there have been hundreds
of updates in the last week alone.

For a production box Core 3 is definitely out. Core 1 is OK but has been moved
to legacy - low priority updates. Core 2 is OK post Xorg change over.

I used Suse for about 10 minutes and the creepy finger just plain freaked me out
- nobody has an index finger that long! It seems like a great product but I also
have issues with the Novell plan for Suse.

Todd Pillars