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Subject:    Re: [SLE] The future of SuSE Linux as we know it?
From:       Kevanf1 <kevanf1 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2006-04-04 14:54:35
Message-ID: 7bca46c50604040754j3c85e062i561aefc08ba487b5 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 04/04/06, Basil Chupin <blchupin@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> Clint Tinsley wrote:
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Kevanf1" <kevanf1@gmail.com>
> > > To: "SuSE Group" <suse-linux-e@suse.com>
> > > Subject: Re: [SLE] The future of SuSE Linux as we know it?
> > > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:47:32 +0100
> > > 
> > > 
> > > > In the latest TUX magazine there is a comparison of several Linux
> > > > distros and SuSE does NOT come up on top. The top choice is Mandriva,
> > > > and SuSE is beaten by other distros (Mepis comes in 2nd and Fedora as 3rd).
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > I read this yesterday afternoon.  It's interesting reading but I don't
> > > agree with the overall result.  It does seem to be skewed.
> > > 
> > 
> > Anytime Mandriva comes out at the top of the list in a distro shoot-out, it makes \
> > the entire results of a product comparison suspect.  Granted, certain community \
> > pundits (LinuxFormat & Tux) like Mandriva but the quality of the distribution is \
> > no longer the cutting edge distro that it was a year or so back,
> 
> As you probably know, Mandriva is no longer the old Mandrake but is now
> a combination of Mandrake, Conectiva and Lycoris.
> 
> > according to reports, Mandriva is hemoraging money, showed its founder to the \
> > door, and unless Mandriva team gets it act together, it most like will suffer an \
> > untimely demise. 
> > 
> > 
> Ah, so Mandriva is going and doing a "SuSE" then :-)? SuSE's old and
> intelligent brigade has been deserting also - or haven't you heard about
> that? - and Novell is also going down the financial gurgler. When they
> discovered (?)last year that SuSE actually made some money for them they
> were flabbergasted - which just goes to show how well they did their
> homework when they decided to buy SuSE.
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> 
> --
> Yes, I AM a certified Cleavage Inspector.
> 
> 

I would like to point out that, though  I doubt the conditions that
testing was performed under in the Tux Magazine round up, I actually
like the latest two versions of Mandriva.  Prior to these it was
absolutely awful.  Now it is very good, very useable and I would not
hesitate recommending it to anybody.  I would point them to SuSE as
being better :-)

Now, how do I also become a certified Cleavage Inspector :-)))  is
this dependent upon one's height?

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Kevan Farmer

Linux user #373362

Cheslyn Hay
Staffordshire
WS6 7HR

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