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out of all the offerings, including the pitiful attempt by the American company Red Hat, it is the best.

Mandrake, made by the French, is a POS. It's good for newbies, especially since it does a wonderful job of emulating Windows in every aspect except the BSOD, no it panics (same dif...) I quit using Mandrake simply because of stability issues.

SuSE is well designed, well build and solidly supported. It was designed to be a desktop OS / system. There are 2 main branches for SuSE. Desktop and Server. Same basic kernels but tweaked, tuned and modified for their tasks to be performed.

I use SuSE 9.1 Pro for my desktop and 9.0 for my file server. Granny is the only Mandrake user and I have pretty much kept her on a 7.1 version since in my experience it's the most reliable and stable.

The other distros are nice and have great features but they are not ready for large scale deployment on desktop systems. I know I will get a flame or two from some of the Linux folks, but 5 years of use with Linux and I think I can speak from experience.

Bottom line, as I stated in another topic, I would love to see Linux eat 20-30% of Microsofts desktop market, but things need to happen first.

read here --> http://zdnet.com.com/5208-1104-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=4122&messageID=85119&start=-6 to see what I mean.
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Won't help, selling short is the only reason to buy their stock.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/04
IBM disagrees with you  issthatso | 07/06/04
IBM needed a puppet, Novell was it.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/04
You should have attended BrainShare 2004  Dave P. | 07/06/04
So what happened?  IT_User | 07/07/04
Look around Bit.  Tim Patterson | 07/06/04
Uh huh, that's why their stock has dropped like a rock.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/04
It's still more than double it was before they entered the Linux game  Michael Kelly | 07/06/04
Shows what you know  MG_z | 07/06/04
I never let my personal feelings...  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/04
stock drop temporary  crocd | 07/06/04
I don't buy, neither do investors.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/04
They have ZERO confidence in Novell?  IT_User | 07/06/04
What are you talking about?  B.O.F.H. | 07/06/04
Actually, It Kinda Does  nikoli | 07/06/04
Suse Is Not The Best Distro  nikoli | 07/06/04
Well...  Tim Patterson | 07/06/04
Linux elitists  doh123 | 07/06/04
Actually...  Tim Patterson | 07/06/04
LOL  Linux User 147560 | 07/06/04
Its funny you should say that  joethemacfan | 07/07/04
Actually  Linux User 147560 | 07/06/04
You are always great for laughs...  MG_z | 07/06/04
$660 millon so they could sell short.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 07/06/04
Will you be my financial advisor?  IT_User | 07/06/04
Long term actually No_Ax!  crocd | 07/06/04
Novell summary from Reuters  crocd | 07/06/04
IBM and Novell market will be SMB's  crocd | 07/06/04
IT Managers Will Bury "Hippie" Operating Systems.  chrislovesdana | 07/06/04
Big Fat Load  nikoli | 07/06/04
The majority of IT managers...  bjbrock | 07/06/04
Well in business  IT_User | 07/06/04
i've decided...you're full of it Chris  Monkey_MCSE | 07/07/04
Microsoft's Only Competitor Is Itself And This Proves It.  chrislovesdana | 07/06/04
Hmmm... how uninteresting  nikoli | 07/06/04
What about the IT industry?  IT_User | 07/07/04
open source doesn't work???  home_brewer | 07/07/04
So why isn't anybody investing 600 million in SCO????  DonnieBoy | 07/06/04
The Lawyers Got A Court Order..  chrislovesdana | 07/06/04
More millions for Linux!  George Mitchell | 07/06/04
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Yes I know... did you read my post?  Linux User 147560 | 07/07/04
No fear of hacking with Linux BECAUSE ...  George Mitchell | 07/07/04
dfdfd  lolo jacob | 07/07/04
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