openSUSE 10.3 RC1 - First Impressions
I've installed openSUSE on my desktop machine, replacing Ubuntu Feisty. First impressions are not good and I'll be removing it later today. It would have been nice to keep it running until Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon is released but, unfortunately it doesn't seem to like my system — it boots just fine but it then seems to want to think about running applications before actually loading them. For example, it takes gedit 10-15 seconds to fully render to screen. This is a bit of a show stopper.
Regarding the installation, it went smoothly enough and the only niggle I had was with the automatic selection of web repositories. For some reason the default method wanted to grab all the packages from the web instead of using the CD. Apart from that the installation was easy enough. If I had to compare it to Ubuntu's installation, I would say that Ubuntu's installation is more user friendly [especially with its LiveCD version.]
Once the installation was complete, I logged in for the first time and I thought my machine had locked-up. It hadn't, it was just taking an age for GNOME to load. Every application that I've tried also takes an age to load, it really is slow. This is a shame because the openSUSE team have obviously done an impressive job trying to set its version of the GNOME desktop apart from the pack; I really would have liked to be able to give openSUSE a more thorough review. It's a shame my system is baulking at the very idea!
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