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Posted: Aug. 02 2006,08:18 QUOTE
Ubuntu is better than Suse because of the fact that it is totally free. Where as Suse is not 100% free.


You can order Ubuntu CDs for free in

UBUNTU

webpage which they ship free of cost. Check it in the website.


There are 3 Variants as of now (GNOME based (UBUNTU), KDE based (KUBUNTU) and XFCE based (XUBUNTU)).

If you have an active internet connection you can download packages/updates at all times and that would be great.

More over I was having DSL and Ubuntu as multiple OSes. They worked well better than DSL-SUSE combination.

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Posted: Aug. 02 2006,19:15 QUOTE
You can get openSuSE for free.

Also, theres even more other variants of ubuntu...
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Posted: Aug. 03 2006,04:37 QUOTE
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You can get openSuSE for free.

You mean open suse gives free shipping CDs?

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Also, theres even more other variants of ubuntu...

Variants you mean edubuntu or any other?

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Posted: Aug. 03 2006,05:55 QUOTE
Free CD's are different.
Free, from what I meant, was for accessibility, in which downloading and installing copies are free.

In your context, when you say that openSuSE is not 100% free, then you are also saying DSL among others are not - which is misleading imo.
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Posted: Aug. 03 2006,06:03 QUOTE
Each one have their own opinion. In my perspection you need to see the size. DSL is just 50 MB where as Open SUSE comes around 5 CDs.


Downloading and installing is pain with large size.

Since DSL is light its extremely smooth in this case.

For dial-up users like myself and all cannot download such big distros.


Possibly DSL like distros are most welcomed by us for downloading as well as internet access.

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