[vox] Mandrake vs. SuSe?

[Jonathan Stickel]

I have only used RedHat, so I can't comment on Mandrake vs. SuSe.  I 
have a comment about using KDE with RedHat, though.  By default, I agree 
that RedHat is not KDE friendly.  However, by simply having the lines

DISPLAYMANAGER="KDE"
DESKTOP="KDE"

in the file "/etc/sysconfig/desktop" will make kdm the login manager 
(rather than gdm) and KDE the default windows manager (rather than 
Gnome).  This will also give you a logout/shutdown/reboot menu when you 
choose "logout" from the Kmenu (no root password required).  All 
cosmetic changes (e.g. changing the Kmenu icon to something other than 
the "red hat") can be done from KDE's "control center".

I too feel a need to explore other distros, if only to be aware of my 
choices.  However, I am a GUI junky and do like RedHat's custom GUIs for 
doing so many things, such as network and printing setup.  I am not sure 
how the other distros are in this regard.

Jonathan


rscofield@afes.com wrote:
> I switched from Red Hat to Mandrake a couple of years ago and I really like 
> Mandrake.  I use Linux like most people use Windows.  So I don't do anything 
> complicated with computers, and therefore haven't had the need to learn much.  
> Recently, however, I've gotten into a little problem with Mandrake over an 
> order and I'm thinking about switching to SuSe.  
> 
> So does anyone have any thoughts about which is the better distro, especially 
> from the point of view of a defacto newbie.
> 
> Here's an example of the types of things I'm interested in.  I subscribe to 
> the kde-linux listserve and it seems that a lot of the traffic has to do with 
> Red Hat users that can't get KDE working properly.  I want a KDE-friendly 
> distro.
> 
> Here's another example.  Mandrake comes configured for the desktop user so I 
> don't have to log in as root and type /sbin in order to shut down like I have 
> to do with my Red Hat distro.  I don't want to bother with re-configuring Red 
> Hat.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Bob
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