Quoting Tim <xendistar@???>:
> On Sun December 23 2007 18:36, m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> > Quoting Tim <xendistar@???>:
> > > On Sun December 23 2007 17:52, m.nuttall@??? wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have opensuse 10.2 installed on my PC which has an athlon 3000
> > > > mobile,Nvidia geforce 6600GT gfx card and 2gig of ram. Suse is running
> > > > a little
> > > > unresponsive/slow so i was thinking of changing to a different flavour
> > > > of linux but i like YAST alot so if theres an equivalent it might be
> > > > interesting.
> > > >
> > > > Going through one of the distro chooseing questionaires Mandriva is
> > > > recommended however is it going to be as unresponsive as Suse on my
> > >
> > > system?
> > >
> > > > I would prefer to use kde which kinda rules out ubuntu unless i go for
> > > > the less popular kubuntu.
> > > >
> > > > So can i have peoples thoughts on what to change to and what they use
> > > > at the moment.
> > > >
> > > > BTW i am a novice user
> > > >
> > > > Martin N
> > >
> > > Well many on here will suggest Debian, it does not have the helpful
> setup
> > > gui
> > >
> > > that other distro have but if you can work past that problem once
> > > installed Debian will be solid. It has the apt-get\synaptics\aptidude
> for
> > > upgrade and software installation. Its only downsides (to me) is the
> fact
> > > it does tend to
> > >
> > > be a slow distro in the introduction of new\updated packages and the
> > > requirement for 100% free software, for example Debian has Iceweasel
> > > instead
> > >
> > > of Firefox because of issues regarding the Firefox software.
> >
> > That rules out debian for me then.
>
> It depends how IT Literate you are and are prepared to get your hands dirty,
Since its crimbo i maybe out to go for a more dirty universal linux distro.
Time on my hands for a little while.
> this Lug will give you very good Debian support if you choose Debian
> >
> > > You have already mentioned Kbuntu which is similar to Debian but is more
> > > upto
> > >
> > > date has more current software packages available. It also does not
> > > suffer from the Debian free software philosophy
> >
> > Any idea of responsiveness/speed?
>
> Judging by the spec of your PC I don't think you will have a problem, I just
>
> found I did not like certain aspects of it on a personal level.
Well i do have problems with suse 10.2 now hence thinking of jumping.
> >
> > > I tried Mandriva a while ago and found it very hand hold-ish,
> >
> > In what way?
> > I expect suse could be said to be that with yast.
>
> I found Mandrake (the predacessor of Mandriva) very much like Suse Which I
> was
> using at the time) but just seemed to offer a lot more hand holding than I
> wanted. It was several years ago so may have changed by to days standard
If its more hand holding than suse maybe i should leave it alone.
thanks
Martin N
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