From: LinuxIsOne <linuxisone@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse
Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:46:16 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG-YhMuoiSYBj+u2dQhpwMRsithkLfu7_tNVCRE+2J90u1McZQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111208221108.GF13528@eisen.lan>
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On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Frank Steinmetzger <Warp_7@gmx.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.
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2011-12-05 20:14 ` [gentoo-user] Re: can one tell me: gentoo vs opensuse Indi
2011-12-05 20:20 ` Michael Mol
2011-12-05 23:32 ` Mick
2011-12-06 10:50 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-06 13:53 ` Philip Webb
2011-12-06 10:54 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-06 11:15 ` Neil Bothwick
2011-12-06 22:04 ` ny6p01
2011-12-06 23:21 ` Joshua Murphy
2011-12-06 23:25 ` Grant Edwards
2011-12-07 10:20 ` [gentoo-user] " Stroller
2011-12-07 15:58 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-12-07 16:09 ` Dale
2011-12-07 16:44 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-07 19:06 ` Claudio Roberto França Pereira
2011-12-08 6:55 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 14:31 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-12-08 6:56 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-07 16:43 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-08 14:10 ` James Broadhead
2011-12-08 14:25 ` Michael Mol
2011-12-08 14:33 ` James Broadhead
2011-12-08 6:57 ` [gentoo-user] " LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 10:58 ` James Broadhead
2011-12-08 13:55 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 14:29 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-12-08 15:10 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 15:18 ` James Broadhead
2011-12-08 15:35 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 15:36 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 15:56 ` Michael Mol
2011-12-08 16:11 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 20:09 ` Mick
2011-12-08 22:11 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2011-12-10 3:02 ` Claudio Roberto França Pereira
2011-12-10 4:03 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2011-12-10 6:05 ` Claudio Roberto França Pereira
2011-12-10 13:46 ` LinuxIsOne [this message]
2011-12-10 14:32 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-10 16:45 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-10 16:59 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-12-10 17:39 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-10 18:52 ` Michael Mol
2011-12-10 16:51 ` [gentoo-user] " Alan McKinnon
2011-12-11 6:52 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-10 13:31 ` Sebastian Beßler
2011-12-10 13:47 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-10 16:53 ` Alan McKinnon
2011-12-11 6:53 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 15:38 ` Michael Mol
2011-12-08 16:19 ` Lorenzo Bandieri
2011-12-08 16:29 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-08 17:36 ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2011-12-08 18:15 ` Dale
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2011-12-13 0:54 ` [gentoo-user] " Indi
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2011-12-12 23:52 ` Indi
2011-12-13 0:05 ` James Broadhead
2011-12-02 14:41 LinuxIsOne
2011-12-02 15:00 ` Andrew Tchernoivanov
2011-12-02 17:48 ` LinuxIsOne
2011-12-02 20:02 ` Dale
2011-12-03 0:53 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-03 1:22 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2011-12-03 2:17 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-03 2:09 ` Michael Mol
2011-12-03 3:54 ` Pandu Poluan
2011-12-03 4:39 ` Frank Steinmetzger
2011-12-03 4:36 ` Dale
2011-12-03 10:32 ` Stroller
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