Best for Beginner :OpenSuse OSS or FC5

[Frank-Michael Fischer]

David Waites wrote:
> sujit sugathan wrote:
>> Hi Everyone,
>> I've been using FC4 for almost 3 months right now.I've not yet tried
>> Open Suse OSS or FC5 .Can anyone tell me which amongst the two is
>> better for a beginner like me.
>>
>> -- 
>> sujit
> Given the relatively large number of problems that people seem to have
> been having with FC5, and having used SUSE 10 (both Open and Eval
> editions), I would go with SUSE.
>
I test, evaluate and write about quite a few Linux distributions
including the online support for quite a few years now. My
recommendation goes like this:

If you are ready and familiar how to use mailing lists etc., e.g. the
fedora-list Fedora Core 5 is the way to go. Since there is much!!!
faster response and more qualified as a rule from these forums. Also
about ten times more traffic going on there. To find additional packages
and updates works much easier around Fedora. A comprehensive site like this:


        http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_installation_notes.html

also helps a lot.

If you have trouble using or just accessing the internet (like low-band,
expensive connections), are not too familiar with English or hesitate to
make your need for information public in forums, OpenSUSE is the way to
go, provided someone lets you download the Gigabytes or copies the DVD
for you.  In general you will get faster to a working installation.

At the end, the difference is merely marginal, you might as well flip a
coin ;-)

FMF