Suse or Mandrake

[Eric Katherman]

Well I don't have any recent experience with Acer laptops but I do have
experience with SuSE on my Thinkpad.  I would highly recommend it and
now that you can download the iso's, what do you have to loose.  I
haven't had a single problem with my setup.  Everything was detected
after install, wireless, display, network, sound, touchpad.  The only
thing I had to do was install the ATI drivers if I wanted OpenGL.  I
also had 9.1 on the same Thinkpad without any problems.

I tried Mandrake a few times in the past and just didn't get the same
feel I get when I am using SuSE, just my oppinion.  As you said, there
is no point in starting a war, we all love the ditros we use for
different reasons.  The choice is what makes Linux so great.

-Eric


On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 11:21 -0700, Jason Hayes wrote:
> I'll preface this post with a note that I am not trying to start a war
> between rival distro factions in the city. I am simply trying to get
> intelligent comments on the merits of one distro that I have not used
> very often.
> 
> I am expecting shipment of my new laptop (an acer aspire 1804 WSMI- XPP
> Notebook) and am wondering if anyone has had any experience using Suse
> on Acer systems.
> 
> I tried to install Suse on my last laptop (an aspire 1705) but had a
> fair bit of trouble getting the networking and video to cooperate with
> it. Rather than fighting for a long time with it, I went back to
> Mandrake and have used Mdk 9.0, 9.2, 10.0, and 10.1 on the 1705. It has
> worked well with that system.
> 
> Sadly, the 1705 suffered an untimely death recently - at the hands of a
> power surge - and all my attempts to fix it (including replacing the
> mother board) have failed to revive it.
> 
> So with the new system on the way, I am once again considering Suse. I
> liked the fact that Suse now has the 9.3 iso's available for download
> and am keen on trying it. However, since this is going to be a primary
> workhorse for my job, I don't have a lot of time to fiddle with things.
> 
> If anyone has any experience with Suse and Acer laptops and can send it
> my way, I would appreciate it. If not, I will likely head back to
> Mandrake or Mandriva and see if that continues to work.
> 
> Thanks
> Jason Hayes
> 
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