Dear Dr. Theopolis....

This is a decent review of OpenSuse and 3 other free versions of Linux. I think the reviewer get's it wrong when talking about installing software on Suse. He says that installing software on OpenSuse is a manual process compared to the Click-n-run in Freespire or the Add / Remove Programs function in Ubuntu. Suse provides YaST for installing software, which provides point and click software installation. In fact, when you add a couple 3rd party software repositories to Yast, you can install just about anything with a simple point and click. Dependencies are mostly resolved using this process as well. Overall a good article to read.

Review: Free Linux Desktops - CRN Test Center set out to locate good examples of free Linux distributions that still have some channel focus and offer robust features, along with upgrades to commercial support. The field was narrowed down to three familiar names in the Linux world, Ubuntu, OpenSuse and the new Freespire, the free version of Linspire. [Digg.com Linux Stories]