Ubuntu 6.10 (EdgyEft) vs. SUSE 10.1 on an HP Pavilion dv2000
Lee commented that the HP Pavilion dv2000 is well supported by Ubuntu/Kubuntu Linux 6.10 (aka EdgyEft). In particular, he mentioned that sound worked, and the extra row of blue-lit multimedia buttons at the top works. That sounded very interesting, so I decided to have a try. I use Gnome, not KDE, as my desktop, so I chose to look at Ubuntu, not Kubuntu (which Lee uses).
One very neat thing is that the Ubuntu installation CD is also a live distribution, so you can use it to test Ubuntu compatibility with your PC before actually installing it. This is what I did. I certainly also appreciated that the desktop version of Ubuntu fits on a single CD! By comparison, I'm currently downloading the installation image for openSUSE 10.2 (which I consequently haven't installed yet, but will in the near future). openSUSE 10.2 is a 3.7G download, and required 5-6 CDs or a DVD.
Ubuntu looks really neat when you start it up. SUSE isn't bad, but Ubuntu looks more polished. I can see why it is so popular. From the outset it makes you feel good about the choice that you have made.
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