Posted by: Anonymous
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on October 15, 2008 08:15 PM
I used to be one that believed that Ubuntu was more user friendly because so many people participated in the forums to help fix problems. Then I started visiting other forums. The same problems that existed with Ubuntu didn't seem to exist with Mandriva or OpenSuse. After I tried both distributions I realized that they were easier to configure and maintain. Mandriva's control panel and Suse's Yast make the user experience a very nice one. The command line is rarely invoked. I personally don't think Ubuntu is more user friendly, I just think it is better marketed.
I'm no Ubuntu hater. I've got Hardy Heron on my laptop. But I run Mandriva on my desktop dual booting with Fedora. Each of them have their strengths and weaknesses. They all have the same software. They all have OOo and Firefox. They all have a nice repository of (mostly similar) available packages. The real difference is in how they configure the system. With Ubuntu you will more than likely dive into the command line. With Mandriva, OpenSuse, or Fedora it is less likely. User friendly is in the eye of the beholder.
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Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 67.60.95.83] on October 15, 2008 08:15 PMI'm no Ubuntu hater. I've got Hardy Heron on my laptop. But I run Mandriva on my desktop dual booting with Fedora. Each of them have their strengths and weaknesses. They all have the same software. They all have OOo and Firefox. They all have a nice repository of (mostly similar) available packages. The real difference is in how they configure the system. With Ubuntu you will more than likely dive into the command line. With Mandriva, OpenSuse, or Fedora it is less likely. User friendly is in the eye of the beholder.
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