openSUSE 11.1 is out

I am downloading it as we speak @ 1.4 MB/sec

 

Thank you, I will test it soon...

 

Looks cool, I'm going to give it a shot.

 

What are the advantages of OpenSuse 11.1 vs. Ubuntu 8.10 in terms of stability, performance and entertainment? I am primarily using it for web surfing, listening to music, watching youtube videos.

 

In my opinion it's just a matter of preference for the most part. Ubuntu is great and if you are happy with it stick with it

 

I have spent the last hours configuring OpenSuSe 11.1 (64 bit version) and I am very satisfied with this release, although it took me
some tweaking to get everything working (biggest trouble was, as always, the ATI fglrx driver installation for the Radeon 3470 of my
Vaio SR21M). I am definitely going to stick to OpenSuSe 11.1!

Imho, this is a much more polished and easier to use Linux distro than Kubuntu Intrepid Ibex. My experience indicates so far that
there are less bugs in SuSe. Also, KDE 4.1 in Ubuntu looks pale compared to that in SuSe. Package management using SuSe's
yast is very easy, as is the entire administration of the system.

With Kubuntu you are essentially bound to the command-line. For newbies Kubuntu is probably the worst choice. The biggest
drawback of OpenSuSe is that, out of the box, it does not provide proprietary graphics drivers, mp3, and other multimedia support.
This is easy to fix using packman and other repositories, though.

Yet, the best distro for newbies is probably Mandriva One 2009. Highly recommended if you do not need a 64-bit Linux,
and if you want to spend as little time as possible configuring your system.

 

As interesting as it is, I'll stick with my Arch.

 

I don't agree with this statement. I have used Kubuntu for many years and this is not the case. I am not going to debate whether Open SUSE is better than Kubuntu or vice versa, since it is personal choice. If you want a graphical package manager Kubuntu has it in Adept(since you mentioned YAST). Sure there are times when you need to use the command line in Kubuntu, but that is the same with all Linux distros. In Kubuntu you use the command line far less than other distros...

 

There's no need to fear the command line. Always remember, it's more afraid of you than you are of it.

 

My dad once told me the same thing when a young German shepherd was barking at me.
Couldn't understand what the dog was trying to convey, I tried to be nice but it kept barking and it even showed it's teeth once.
I was like; What? What is the problem??? What am I doing wrong here???
Who would ever think a command line is sometimes similar to a German shepherd.
Cheers.

 

Right now I’m swamped with uni work, will try it as soon as I get some free time. Currently I have 11.0 with KDE 4.0 . Don't have any major complaints..., therefore most likely 11.1 be a minor upgrade for me, but lets see.

 

I agree. This is why I have a terminal embedded in my desktop, to scare it into doing what I want it to!

 

How do you do that? Is it DE specific?

 

compiz does it. I use gnome terminal as well because you can tell it to be the one to hide the scroll bar and menu options