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Please don't say Debian
SuSE and Debian have very little in common. SuSE follows established UNIX naming and directory structures that Debian does not. Debian has its own software package (DEB), while SuSE uses RPM. Debian users are hackers, while SuSE users just want something that works. OK, enough venting . . .

SuSE is indeed last to open up their distro. Mandriva and DeadRat did it long ago. In their defense, SuSE DID open their distro and worked with others in the UnitedLinux consortium - until SCO broke up that party. SuSE also suffered from 0 presence in USA, as happy Kraut nerds avoided the limelight. SuSE was more like a BSD distro than a Linux distro. Hopefully they saw the error of their ways and are now stepping out into the "real" world.
Posted by: Roger Ramjet   Posted on: 08/05/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Please don't say Debian  Roger Ramjet | 08/05/05
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something for you to ponder  Monkey_MCSE | 08/05/05
Reasonable.  Anton Philidor | 08/05/05
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