Everyone can do Linux without a Novell dependency

It would be hard to 'punish' Novell for its managerial sins if the OpenSUSE community is able to grow, expand, and thrive. Despite the Saturday posts we have made it clear that helping OpenSUSE is an implicit way of endorsing what Novell is doing. Since then, we have shown that OpenSUSE isn't as perfect (or most attractive) as the Linux world is sometimes led to believe. Here are a couple more examples that are new.

The first one argues against Open SUSE 10.2, whose looks are claimed to be as lame as Windows Vista's, to use the author's own words.

No wonder Ubuntu is winning the Distro Game.

The second one talks about OpenSUSE's "unimpressive showing". The reviewer uses the most recent version and he remains more optimistic than that aforementioned chap.

In spite of 10.3’s unimpressive showing, I’m still eagerly looking forward to the next openSUSE release, because this remains one of the strongest overall Linux distributions and its developers are clearly taking a cue from the user-centric Ubuntu camp. The only question is when, not if, openSUSE will live up to the demand for a better desktop Linux.

There is room for improvement, but this can potentially be said about any operating system (perfection is rare). Nevertheless, this should give more reasons for people to choose a Linux distribution other than (Open)SUSE.

Novell's bottom line is the spot that can pressure it most to change its way. You don't give your dog a treat for urinating in the pool.