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heltoupeeJun 19th 2008 4:02PM

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Looks real slick, but I'm going to stick with Ubuntu. My reason? Bigger installed user base. If software is going to be targetted at Linux, then the first distro developers are going to think about getting it working with is probably the one with the most users. Likewise, more users equals more how-to's, walkthroughs, and help in general. Back when I ran Gentoo, I was always trying to tweak Ubunto instructions to work with Gentoo. Now that I run Ubuntu, there's less guesswork.

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(Unverified)Jun 21st 2008 5:20AM

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I think you are not quite right here. If you look at lat 30 day's results at DistroWatch.com, OpenSUSE has more users now.

Reason?

I think it's because Hardy just has too many holes in it and then OpenSUSE 11 comes out, which seems to be very promising, so a lot of people check it out.

So in the end, if OpenSUSE 11 proves to be better than Hardy, by the time Intrepid is released, ubuntu might just be biting the dust :)

P.S. I am ubuntu user.

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(Unverified)Aug 20th 2008 12:43AM

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Hmmm.... I've been thinking about the installed user base thing lately...

IMHO, Ubuntu has a very large install base of NEW users, where as SuSE which has been around for much longer has an almost as large install base of experienced users. Of course there are going to be exceptions to this rule but I believe on the whole it just may be a true statement.

So when you run into a real dilly of a problem, someone using Opensuse may have an easier time finding a solution. (I'm thinking of problems more involved than say a driver not working)

But like I said, this is just my opinion.

Have a good one.

Kenn

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