Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 8th Jul 2005 12:30 UTC
SuSE 9.3 is the most polished and easy to use release from SuSE. It goes a long way in dispelling the notion that Linux is not ready for the desktop. It is a comprehensive release with enhanced hardware detection and configuration and an exhaustive suite of available applications.
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2005-07-06
Honestly, I suspect this was a once off: I've installed SuSE 6.0, 8.2 and 9.1 and I've always had no troubles getting X to start (though back in the 6.0 days YaST was text-mode only)
It's worth bearing in mind that fixing driver issues with Windows is no walk in the park either, how many users know to press F8 when the computer starts to get into "Safe Mode", or to use the device manager to install, uninstall or revert drivers.
The Linux console may be more complicated, but it's not significantly so. In fact, once you know the console, it is easier to fix serious driver failures in Linux than in Windows. The reason being all drivers come pre-installed with Linux systems so you don't have to root around for CDs or try to find the driver download page on the manufacturers website.
While my range of experience is limited, I imagine this benefit of Linux also translates to other Unix based operating systems like FreeBSD, although with non-Linux Unix-based operating systems you're more likely to find that a piece of hardware is completely unsupported.