Suse or Mandrake

[Eric Katherman]

In addition, I forgot to mention bluetooth.  It just worked.  I plugged
in my bluetooth dongle and I could instantly send data to and from my V3
and my friend's Powerbook.  I had to work to get bluetooth to work in
SuSE 9.1 but in 9.3 it just works.  I don't know how the rest of the
distos fare in regards to bluetooth but I can honestly say that SuSE 9.3
does a great job.

-Eric

On Fri, 2005-08-05 at 11:51 -0700, Eric Katherman wrote:
> 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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