Ubuntu means "joke" in Swahili 6817

John Bailo on Thursday 08 December 2005 15:30

John, I know you have just installed SuSE 10. You stated that in the SuSE newsgroup. Since I use SuSE on two machines and Ubuntu on the third, I can probably comment with a modest perspective.

Ubuntu is great. I can't recalleverbeing forced to reboot. I have used it for over 6 months. No obscure SIGSEV errors, no dependency issues, no features (buttons and knobs) that you need fumble to reach for minutes. It is very, very user-friendly. Comparable with the Mac.

Yes! I agree. The kernel verbosity-panic at startup is no source of joy either. Novell have done it significantly better, urging users to get past the visually-unappealing installation stage.

Tough luck. I once had similar issues. I tried to install Ubuntu (third installation overall) when I got similar warnings-error until I realised that the Ethernet cable was not connected. Can't blame Ubuntu for my own stupidity...

I prefer SuSE overall, but Ubuntu was said to be better by a panel of reviewers. It topped SuSE mainly because it was free 1.

Bear in mind that your machine was probably 'designed for' and tested under Windows. When machines get sold, which are customised for Ubuntu 2, no such issues will emerge. For once I would like to see a glossy sticker that shows a penguin and says "compatible with SuSE, Red Hat...". Some companies are getting there 3.

Roy

-- Roy S. Schestowitz "Software sucks. Open Source sucks less." 5:25pm up 1 day 14:36, 4 users, load average: 0.24, 0.70, 0.68