[OFB Cafe] New Laptop... A Report

[Fred A. Miller]

saki wrote:
> Donald Spoon wrote:
> 
>> I just d/l and run the SUSE 11 "Live Disc", 64-bit version on my new
>> laptop.
>> It is not as good as the Kubuntu Live Disc, IMHO.  The desktop looked
>> "flat", i.e. no 3-D effects although I chose the KDE version and it
>> had about the same layout as Kubuntu's.  I think it was using the same
>> version of KDE.  It didn't recognize my wireless chipset nor my
>> built-in ethernet so I don't have an internet connection.  The
>> respective modules refused to load with a "unrecognized symbol"
>> error.  It runs about the same speed as Vista 32-bit here.  
>>
>> That is what sent me back to Debian.
>>
> 
> I had a similar experience with my attempt at using SuSE 11. It may be
> just my imagination but I thihnk SuSE was better before the Novell
> connection.

It's had it's ups and downs like EVERY other distro., but over all, I
think it's better. But, what I need in a distro. is probably different
than most because of the number of boxen I support.

Fred

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