Re: [gentoo-user] can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse

[LinuxIsOne]

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@×××.de> wrote:


> I did this in the past. But recently I’m reassessing this, with Ubuntu
> changing
> the default look and the way it works with every other release (remember
> the
> hassle about window buttons to the left by default?). I can’t really
> explain
> -- let alone justify -- to a newbie, who had to adapt from Win to Ubuntu
> that
> he has to do so again, whether he wants to or not. Plus it seems to me they
> are trying to become Apple in the Linux world, with own services (and
> design).
> I am totally at a loss with entry-level distros right now.
>
> I tried Mint, also the new one with Gnome 3. The praised Mint menu seems
> overloaded to me (it shows too much at once IMHO). I somehow dislike custom
> layers over a standard interface, much like, if I bought an HTC Android, I
> would reflash it without Sense UI, but I’m digressing.
>
> OpenSuse seems even more overloaded. Albeit it provides a whole
> environment,
> Yast was full of stuff a simple user will never need. It also caused a very
> long and voluminous installation process.
> I must add though that I peeked into both Mint and Suse only for a day or
> so,
> without ever using it myself, so I don’t know jack about update procedures.
>
> A friend of mine wanted Linux, so I installed Debian stable for her with
> KDE
> 4.4. It’s not bleeding edge, but it works because it doesn’t change much
> (hence
> keeps working) and because she doesn’t do a lot of fancy stuff. (And also
> because I used Debian testing for a while, so I know a bit about how to do
> some
> helpdesking).
>

I have come to conclusion that almost all Linux work almost in the same way
since they have the same kernel, however, this is what I think.