mdk 10.0 & suse 9.1

http://lwn.net/Articles/81559/

"...
Comparing SUSE 9.1 and Mandrakelinux 10.0. Following the recent official
release of Mandrakelinux 10.0, SUSE is the second major distributor
delivering the new 2.6 kernel to the general public. How do the two
compare? Both distributions have been given highly positive early
reviews by the Linux media, so deciding on one or the other is going to
be a tough call. One noticeable difference between the two is speed. On
the same hardware, Mandrakelinux 10.0 feels considerably more
responsive: testing launch times of several randomly selected
applications indicated that Mandrakelinux is up to twice as fast as SUSE
on the same hardware. GNOME users might also be more inclined to choose
the French product as SUSE clearly does not treat the two main desktop
environments as equal. On the other hand, SUSE's configuration utility
and package management tools provide more power than the "drak"
equivalents in Mandrakelinux. Also, SUSE is one of only two
distributions with active hardware and third-party software
certification programs, which might be a decisive factor in some
corporate environments.
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