Suse 9.2
The first Linux distribution I ever installed was Mandrake 7.0. Back when that came out it was a huge deal because it was one of the first distributions to offer wide hardware support. It was installed on a dual-boot laptop that ever after only ran Windows. After that I ran various kinds of RedHat (later Fedora Core), Debian (which ended very quickly), and every version of Mandrake up through 10.1
Nothing has been worth keeping until I installed Suse 9.2 last December. Here are some of the major benefits of it:
- It runs my Intel ProWireless 2200 BG
- It has up-to-date versions of both KDE and Gnome
- It comes stocked with a jack-load of open-source games
So maybe the games aren’t the main reason I’m liking Suse, but they’re the best thing about my computer when I’m away on vacation (my girlfriend likes to play Frozen Bubble and KSnake). And even without them Suse 9.2 is an excellent distribution. I’m still partial to Mandrake but I’ll see what they’ve got up their sleeves with 10.2 before I consider moving back to them.
