Its been a good ride. Ubuntu did well freeing me from Mandriva. I have spent a lot of time searching and trying to find a distribution that worked for me. Mandriva 2007, Slackware, Arch Linux, Freevo, SuSe 10.1 ect...
With the advent of SuSe 10.1 I was very impressed. It did everything I wanted and so much easier than Ubuntu. However, the wireless module could not keep a connection to save it's life. Fast forward six months. SuSe 10.2 is now out. I'm still impressed, and I'm keeping a good wireless connection.
Whats my reason for switching? Well, its quite simple. I have spent a lot of time dilly dallying trying to get a lot of stuff to work properly in Ubuntu. I am of the opinion that in order for a distribution to be for the masses that all system configuration must be able to be done through a graphical interface. Ubuntu still has quite a ways to go in that arena. Don't get me wrong here. I love the command line. I'm just tired of fiddling with system configuration. Its time to get down and get some work done.
The Microsoft/Novell deal does have me a bit on edge. I'm not happy about it. That is the one thing that would keep me away from openSuse. However, openSuse has really made some great headway on the Linux desktop. A few tweaks here and there and I'm browsing the web looking at flash videos, listening to my music collection, and listening to realplayer media streams. They were easy tweaks by the way.
So Ubuntu, it has been fun. I learned more about Debian from you than I ever learned from Debian. I already knew the command line before I got to you so I felt quite comfortable with you. But it is time for me to buckle down and get to work now. So I say, Adieu, for now.
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