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Originally Posted by txusa03
how was the learning curve? I personally have never seen a linux machine so curious about the learning curve for switching over from those who done it.
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On an off-the-shelf PC it is very easy to install. There is an awful lot of high quality software available right off the install media. Online update is very effective and easy to use. It is a little quirky on some details (coming from a Windows perspective).
SUSE is easily a lot more satisfactory than Windows for speed, functionality, and reliability. It is rather complex if you need to install something from source code. Thankfully most of what I care for is available through online repositories with YAST (that's the SUSE installer utility that I normally use). Some stuff requires a bit of research (such as determining what CODECs you need to install to be able to play a DVD movie). Networking is far superior, but there is a learning curve if all you know is SMB (Windows shares).