Penguin deathmatch: Red Hat vs. SuSE Linux
Source: ZDNet Australia
Two of the year's most user-friendly Linux distributions--SuSE Linux 8.1 and Red Hat Linux 8.0--have closed the gap between Windows and Linux. But which one should you choose?
Linux fans: we're getting there.
Ever since Linux made its mass-market debut, would-be adoptees have wondered whether switching from Windows would ever be a truly practical option or whether Linux would forever remain a server-side OS for die-hard technophiles. A few early attempts at a consumer Linux OS--remember Corel Linux?--died on the vine, leaving the future rather bleak for this low-cost OS alternative.
Early Linux versions sported an installation routine far too technical and terrifying for the vast majority of Windows users, and getting the X Window GUI up and running often took both time and courage. Even when everything was working, day-to-day Linux applications were much harder to use than their Windows equivalents--X Window's spindly fonts alone made onscreen reading an abysmal exercise.
