People of openSUSE: Jim Henderson
I noticed Jim by his thoughtful replies on openSUSE mail lists and forums. He has ability to listen, understand and answer in the way that correspondent can not only find correct, but also understand, which is seldom found talent.
When and why did you start using openSUSE/SUSE Linux?
I started using Linux with RedHat 5.2 back in about 1998 if memory serves. I had used Ximian’s Red Carpet to keep it updated and that got me using the GNOME desktop (prior to that, I had used Enlightenment). I still use GNOME, but I don’t often understand why there is so much vitriol in the GNOME/KDE desktop environment debate. It’s just a DE - the important thing is the applications. The DE just enables you to run them and organize them. Both do a fine job, I think, it’s just that some are used to GNOME and some KDE - and some ICEWM, some FVWM, some Enlightenment - and so on.
I started using openSUSE with SUSE Professional 9.2, not long after Novell acquired SuSE. I’ve looked at others (I subscribe to Linux Format Magazine out of the UK, so get the discs and the chance to try many other distros running in VMware) but have never found a compelling reason to switch - I have 5 computers here in my home office that run versions of SUSE (mostly openSUSE 11.0, but two of them run SLES with Novell Open Enterprise Server on them). My wife and stepson also both use openSUSE, though Ken also runs Windows for some of his games. He prefers openSUSE on his laptop which he uses for his classes at the University of Utah.
When did you join the openSUSE community and what made you do that?
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