“The verdict? The best KDE distribution today is openSUSE 11.2:
“Our winner is openSUSE. It’s a distribution that’s got the
professional sheen and gloss that only Novell can bring, and it’s a
distribution that always manages to bundle a cutting-edge KDE
installation that will last you the full nine months of the
distribution cycle. The custom artwork looks great, and shows that
the packaging team has a great understanding of what KDE is capable
of and what users need from their desktop. YaST is always going to
be unwieldy, but its fantastic integration into the KDE desktop
(it’s written in Qt) makes Linux feel much closer to its Windows
and OS X competitors than other KDE distributions.”
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