[ale] Suse vs. Ubuntu. Is is worth the time to switch to ubuntu?

[James Sumners]

As much as I dislike Ubuntu, I'm going to say all three of your
reasons for using SuSE are better with Ubuntu.

1) SuSE's network install is a real kludge compared to Debian's, and
in turn Ubuntu's.

2) Ubuntu is about as userfriendly as SuSE. A lot of things are
easier, administration wise, in SuSE due to Yast2. But Ubuntu is okay.

3) You will wonder why you ever thought updates in SuSE were so great.

I would not switch the servers if I were you. If you really want to
get away from SuSE because of the Microsoft deal, look at Debian for
the servers. It is my opinion that Ubuntu is too unstable for a server
simply because of it's nature. That is, it being a mishmash of the
stable, testing, and unstable branches from Debian. _Maybe_ that is
different now, but that is how it originated and operated for at least
a couple of releases. I also don't think the "no root account by
default" thing is appropriate for a server.

Personally, I use Arch Linux on my desktop and Debian (stable) on my server.

On 7/31/07, Chuck Huber <chuck at cehuber.org> wrote:
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> I've been using Suse since about 9.1.  Since then, Novell has taken over
> and they've struck a deal with MicroShaft.  I've seen quite a few
> references on this list of folks using ubuntu.  The main reasons I've
> stuck with Suse is
>     o ease of installation.  (boot from mini CD, network install)
>     o fairly user friendly (non-bit-head computer users in the immediate
> vicinity)
>     o Updates are fairly easy - I mirror a suse site locally so I can
> install and update without having to traverse the relatively slow DSL.
>
> How does this stack up against ubuntu?
> Does anyone have any personal reasons why they choose Ubuntu over Suse?
> or Suse over Ubuntu?
>
> I guess what I'm fishing for are a few good solid reasons for converting
>  a half-dozen or so workstations and servers from Suse to ubuntu.  If
> so, should I plan on a fresh install or an upgrade?
>
> Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>     - Chuck


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