Most seasoned users find [Suse] pretty awful as far as distributions go. Its configuration tools interfere with manual tweaking a lot of the time, and while you can ignore them and remove all the automatisms, that certainly means no less work than setting yourself up on a less "puffy" distro. The default install doesn't include things like a [Compiler], make(1), locate(1) and others that really should be available on every "real" system, though you can easily add these missing tools with a few clicks once you know about them. 

  

 It is not a bad choice as an introductory system, but most adept users seem to move on to other distributions once they're a bit more familiar with Linux. If you want a beginner friendly European distro that might last you longer, [Mandrake] is possibly a better choice. It is also one you're likely to find help with among [WLUG]gers -- [Suse] never had much of a following in NewZealand. 

  

  

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