BEST 3 LINUX DISTRO COMPARISIONS
The best 3 comparisons of linux distros useful for notebooksCENTOS Vs openSUSE/ LINUX DISTROS COMPARED
This is a comparison comparison between cent os and openSUSE. Cent os is based on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux and open SUSE is the follower of SUSE Linux.openSUSE is a linux distro that is famous as the best laptop linux distro. Cent os is the prefered distros for servers.The openSUSE distro is a powerful distro for laptops and it uses eyecandy KDE Plasma desktop as default.The Latest KDE 4.9 and 4.10 are amazing.Both these OSes comes as live cd and both can be installed from a USB.
| Linux Distros Comparison | cent OS | openSUSE |
|---|---|---|
Base Distribution
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) | suse linux |
| Desktop Environment | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce |
| Supported Platforms | i386, x86-64 | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Packet Management | YUM | RPM |
| USB Installation | yes | yes |
| Live CD | yes | yes |
| Official Website | www.centos.org | www.opensuse.org |
LINUX MINT Vs openSUSE
LINUX MINT Vs FEDORA
This is a comparision between linux mint and openSUSE. Linux mint is developed from Debian and the popular OS Ubuntu whereas openSUSE is based on SUSE Linux. Linux Mint uses MATE and Cinnamon as desktop environments.MATE is based on Gnome 2 and Cinnamon is based on Gnome 3. Actually Cinnamon is a combination of Gnome 2 and Gnome Shell. Packet management is Linux Mint is through APT as in Ubuntu and through RPM in openSUSE. Both these OSes comes in Live CD versions.
| Linux Distros Comparison | linux mint | openSUSE |
|---|---|---|
Base Distribution
| debian | suse linux |
| Desktop Environment | MATE, cinnamon,KDE Plasma Desktop, and Xfce | KDE Plasma Workspaces, GNOME, Xfce |
| Supported Platforms | A-32, x86-64 | IA-32, x86-64 |
| Packet Management | APT | RPM |
| USB Installation | yes | yes |
| Live CD | yes | yes |
| Official Website | www.linuxmint.com | www.opensuse.org |
LINUX MINT Vs FEDORA
This is a comparision between fedora and linux mint.Linux mint is much popular but fedora offers more security.Linux Mint is based on Debian and Ubuntu whereas Fedora is based on Red Hat Linux. Since Red Hat is available as an enterprise edition There is a need of a Red Hat Linux version for the common user. Fedora fills this gap and it is a simple and fast linux distro. Linux Mint has become one of the leading distro in the linux world during the recent years.Packet management is through APT and the packet format is .deb in Linux Mint. It is the same as that in Ubuntu Linux. Feodra uses RPM format for packet management. Both these OSes comes for both 32 bit and 64 bit computers.Fedora uses Gnome 3 and i think you can find the best Gnome 3 experience in Feodra
| Linux Distros Comparison | linux mint | fedora |
|---|---|---|
Base Distribution
| debian | linux red hat |
| Desktop Environment | MATE, cinnamon,KDE Plasma Desktop, and Xfce | genome shell, KDE Plasma Workspaces, Xfce, and LXDE |
| Supported Platforms | A-32, x86-64 | i686, x86-64 |
| Packet Management | APT | RPM |
| USB Installation | yes | yes |
| Live CD | yes | yes |
| Official Website | www.linuxmint.com | www.fedoraproject.org |
