Fedora vs openSUSE

[Rameshwar Kr. Sharma]

On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203 at freenet.de> wrote:

> a) such deals are not uncommon in the commercial world. It's only that SUSE
> uses this deal for marketing purposes, while there probably exist similar
> deals, the public simply never will know about.

> b) whom to consider the devil is (mostly) a religous matter.

> c) Times are changing: Though Microsoft and Linux definitely are not close
> friends, Microsoft's attitude towards Linux has changed at least to some
> extend. Also, the real threats to Linux and FLOSS is not Microsoft, anymore.

> There are a lot of answers, I could provide, if I wanted, but I am not
> interested in yet another flamewar ;)

> Back to OP's original question:

> To absolute beginners, from a mere usability POV, I in first place recommend
> Ubuntu, then openSUSE, then (with larger gap inbetween) followed by Fedora,
> ... Debian on last place.

> If "freedom of software" is your "highest aim", then Debian should be your
> first choice, followed by Fedora, then a gap, then openSUSE, followed by
> Ubuntu on last place.

> From a mere technical standpoint, Fedora, Ubuntu and openSUSE all are on
> comparable levels and stages of development.

Very well said, I see. Really came to know the Debian has largest pool
of software.