I agree, with allot of you, I really liked the newest suse thats out. I had it on my thinkpad for a while, and it's very user friendly. Though I prefer debian based systems and slackware, the new suse is pretty good. I'm just worried they are trying to be the big wig linux vendor, they have been closing source, and making you pay for allot of things. I'm not a big fan of ubuntu, I personally feel it gets too much credit than what it's worth. I'm not bashing ubuntu, while it's decent. It's not my slice of cake.
Mainly because it's... debian, just more frequently updated. But i feel they altered it a bit much, i just dont like how it feels. I never have, I dont think I ever will. I like mepis and pure debian, other debian variants as well, just not ubuntu. Gentoo is pretty decent once you learn how to compile it. There is a sort of an acomplishment and a good feeling when you build and compile your OS. I think it's great being able to work with linux how you can. Since it's so open you can do what you want for the most part.
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3)You then need drivers to use your NTFS USB flash drive.
4)There isnt a large variety of softwares for it.
5) The OFFICIAL support forum is unreliable and worthless. To get an answer, you have to beg for it.
I just wanted to note on these. I know some people answered the questions. But, here's my 2 cents.
3. Drivers? I've never had to have drivers for an NTFS volume, the only thing is the kernel needs to support it. You usually will have read access, but you wont have write access. That is usually pretty easily fixed with a few changes in a config file. I've never really had to have drivers for an NTFS volume. You just have to make sure you're using the latest build of your flavor of linux. Most now are with the 2.6 kernel, it supports NTFS.
4. There is allot of software for it, just like the Mac, there seems to be all of these myths about there being so much more applications for windows, but in reality. There are more applications for linux and Mac than there are windows. Think about it this way. It's like a snow ball effect. There is an application for windows, it's a standard native application for windows. There isn't a build for linux, or the mac, because it's native to windows. But, the open source community, being as big as it is. Some one decides to write an application that is a basic clone of the native application for windows. Yet, it runs better, faster and is more stable, and it is also updated on a regular basis. It's also open source, so.. if some one finds a flaw, they can fix the bug, send it to the developer and they can make the fixes and release the patch.
It happens allot faster than it does with this native application for windows. It doesn't end there either. Some one else comes along and decides they would like to make some changes to this new application, they would like to build from it and onto it, now you have two versions of this application that are very similar if not the same and better than the original native application for windows, and then it goes from there another developer does the exact same thing, and then, some one comes along. He's a mac developer, so he decides to make a port of this open source application, then some one else does the same thing.. it keeps going on and on until there are about 25 versions of one application. Like a snow ball. That's how there are more applications for mac and linux platforms, because of the open source community. It's logics, what's funny. Is allot of those applications will be ported to windows eventually, or are ported to windows because the far exceed the original native application.
5. The reason you have to beg is because, the answer has 99.2 % of the time has been answered 100 times. Just like how to change your icons on a mac, or how to resize an image or how to eject a dmg. It's because most people neglect to search for the answer, they register and post 1 or 2 questions and never come back because no one answered their question. Being a noobie isn't shunned upon, it's just .... it makes sense to use the search feature first. That's why most of the seasoned members on any forum, weather it be a linux, mac, windows, beauty salon, forum, you'll be directed to a search button first, because it gets repetitive, and kind of overwhelming seeing the same 3 questions each week. People get tired of answering the same questions.
I was wondering, where does Mac and Linux stand. Howcome we dont bash the Linux users :spook: . I searched the whole YouTube and Yahoo, I found "Mac vs PC" and "Linux vs Windows" pages and videos, but no "Mac vs Linux" and I was just wondering why 
