

I’m not sure if it is too early for any Ximian magic to show up in this release, but it sure feels like it’s there. With this in mind I wanted to see what wonders they might have performed. This is my first ever look at SUSE and my reason for giving it a run stems from one underlying reason – the Ximian crew are now onboard. I am writing this after having made the pleasant discovery of the SUSE LIVE CD 9.1 which was recently released. It’s just that I have been so impressed with what I have discovered today in the SUSE/KDE combination, its too hard to beat. Don’t get me wrong, I am still a huge Gnome fan and I see an amazing future for it, especially with the current talk about the possibilities of integrating Mono, C#, Mozilla/XUL and whatever other cool open source projects around.

Until today I was a die-hard RedHat/Fedora Gnome user. KDE’s high level of configurability and customizability is at once its redeeming feature, yet at the same time its downfall for many users. This article aims to provide an insight into some aspects of KDE usability as seen by a long term Gnome user making the switch, as well as provide a mini-review of SUSE LIVE CD 9.1 – including the obligatory screenshot of course!
