Linked by Aki Kolehmainen on Tue 29th Apr 2003 03:30 UTC
This is a desktop comparison of Red Hat Linux 9 and SuSE 8.2 Professional Edition. We have used Red Hat Linux 8 for all our work since last fall, and installed version 9 as soon as it became available. However, we have not been fully content with Red Hat, so we gave SuSE 8.2 a try when it became available this month.
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It all comes down to personal preference. IMHO Redhat 9.0's installer is head and shoulders above Suse 8.2's YAST. For instance, Redhat will recognize other Linux distro's and ask you whether or not you want to keep them. It's so much cleaner and easier to use.
Post installation configuration using Nautilus is also much easier. Instead of having to use Yast, Yast2, and the KDE Control Center, Nautilus handles most everything.
Also I had a problem with the fonts in Suse 8.2. Even after installing TrueType fonts they still didn't look as good as Redhat 9.0 default fonts.
To me, Suse seems to lag behind in ease of install, configuration and poor fonts. Thats enough to pass it by.