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About Lunix
Lunix is an operating system. An operating system is the basic set of programs and utilities that make your computer run. Some other common operating systems are Unix (and its variants BSD, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, and o

Then they should use RHEL

I personally know companies that still use and deploy redhat 5.2.

That's a pretty stupid move, IMHO. They should've used Solaris 2.6 then. It's still (a bit) supported, though moving to EOL fast.

Rainer

SE Linux is being included in upcoming releases of Fedora Core, and eventually Red Hat.
Link

The next release of Mandrake Linux will feature the 2.6 kernel. They are at Beta 2 of Mandrake 10 right now. Fedora Core Test 2 is specifically for testing the 26 kernel, among other things.

I have always felt that Linux is a nice operating system (for
hobbyists and geeks), but there are some areas where it is seriously lacking, especially when compared to its main competitor, Microsoft Windows.

* File sharing. Windows has long been superior when it comes to making large
amounts of files available to third parties. Even early versions of Windows
automatically detected and made available all directories thanks to the built in
NetBIOS-powered file sharing support. But Microsoft has realized that this
technology is inherently limited and has added even better file sharing support
to its Windows XP operating system. Universal Plug and Play will
make it possible to literally access any file, from any device! I think
universal file sharing support needs to be built into the Linux kernel soon.

* Intelligent agents. With innovations like Clippy, the talking paperclip and Microsoft Bob, Microsoft has always tried to make life easier
for its customers. With Outlook and Outlook Express, Microsoft has built a framework for developers to create even smarter agents. Especially popular agents include "Sircam", which automatically asks the users' friends for advice
on files he is working on and the "Hybris" agent, which is a self-replicating
copy of a humorous take on "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves" (the real story!).
Microsoft is working on expanding this P2P technology to its web servers. This
project is still in the beta stage, thus the name "Code Red". The next versions
will be called "Code Yellow" and "Code Green".

* Version numbers. Linux has real naming problems. What's the difference
between a 2.4.19 and a 2.2.17 kernel anyway? And what's with those odd and even
numbers? Microsoft has always had clear and sophisticated naming/versioning
policies. For example, Windows 95 was named Windows 95 because it was released in 1995. Windows 98 was released three years later, and so on. Windows XP
brought a whole new "experience" to the user, therefore the name. I suggest that
the next Linux kernel releases be called Linux 03, Linux 04, Linux 04.5 (OSR1),
Linux 04.7B (OSR2 SP4 OEM), Linux 2005 and Linux VD (Valentine's Day edition).
Furthermore, remember how Microsoft named every upcoming version of Windows
after some Egyptian city? Cairo, Chicago and so on. I think that the development
kernels should be named after Spanish cities to celebrate Linux' Spanish
origins. Linux Milano or Linux Rome anyone?

* Multi-User Support. This has always been one of Microsoft's strong sides,
especially in the Windows 95/98 variants, where passwords were completely
unnecessary. Microsoft has made the right decision by not bothering the user
with a distinction between "normal" and "root" users too much -- practice has
shown that average users can be trusted to act responsibly and in full awareness
of the potential consequences of their actions. After all, if your operating
system doesn't trust you, why should you trust it? (To be fair, Linux is making
some progress here with the Lindows distribution, where users are always running as root.)

With Windows XP, Microsoft has again improved multi-user support. Not only
does Windows XP come with a larg

And some screenshots of Free Swing and Free AWT/2D!

And some screenshots of Free Swing and Free AWT/2D!

IBM has been much nicer with Eclipse. And You can now combine that, with GNU Classpath and IKVM.NET to bring you Java Eclipse on Mono .NET!. Be free to mix and match the best of two languages. With Free Software you are free to do what some coorporations would never want to happen. Even if it is the best for developers and users!

Amazing! And of course you can just use java as a as a normal language with GCC (gcj). We even have native eclipse! Super fast, no slow bytecode interpreter needed.

Go away Sun with you proprietary closed non-free java! We don't need you anymore.

glibc from Cygwin are ultimately from GNU

Wrong. There is no glibc in Cygwin. The C library that's used is Red Hat's newlib C library. And libc is not "ultimately" from GNU. It's code heritage has origins of BSD, Cygnus, AT&T and a multitude of groups.

glibc from Cygwin are ultimately from GNU

Wrong. There is no glibc in Cygwin. The C library that's used is Red Hat's newlib C library. And libc is not "ultimately" from GNU. It's code heritage has origins of BSD, Cygnus, AT&T and a multitude of groups.

Wowee. Four [fedora.us] mirrors on this continent. Looks like this whole Fedora apt thing is really taking off.

dont you mean this mirror list? The one you posted is a 3rd party repository. That has nothing to do with apt-get's adoption it has to do with fedora.us adoption.

Wow. They're giving the zero service box-pusher channel 50 points. The best deal Red Hat would give me direct was $89. Add trolling the CDWs of the world for price quotes to the annual Red Hat ownership ritual.

well, whatever. fact remains its $49 and I was right, not sure what you're trying to spin here.

"yes" Matthew Szulik said "the desktop was unatainable"

From the very article you posted:
"However, Szulik expects Linux to be ready in a couple of years after it has had time to mature."
they are hiring desktop people as i've pointed out.
They started freedesktop.org. They wrote the HIG guidelines for gnome, They have 24/7 development on gnome. Does this sound like a company throwing away the desktop market to you? Matthews quote explicitly said it was his _opnion_ it was not ready yet and gave his reasons:
"Microsoft has been delivering a desktop product now for almost 14 or 15 years, ever since it introduced Windows, and that is the expectation that most customers in the marketplace have about ease of use, about function," said Matthew Szulik, Red Hat's chairman and CEO, in Bangalore, India, on Friday. "So for Red Hat to move into the consumer marketplace means that we have to exceed that expectation, and that will take time."
"We don't want the user getting frustrated in understanding why the search does not work, or can't find files, or finding that the joystick for their games does not work correctly, all of which ultimately will turn that desktop user back to the competitive alternative," Szulik said.

<Open-Source Software is more secure because there are more people reviewing it.

Pretty bad argument for business. "So our security, and my job, relies on what people do in their spare time?"

No... your security, and your job, relies on what people do on their jobs. People who work for:

IBM

Sun

HP

RedHat

Mandrake

SuSE

Sendmail, Inc.

...and many more companies that support OSS. There was a point in time where OSS was largely written and maintained by people in their spare time; these days, there are people who have jobs that revolve around developing, maintaining and improving OSS.

There's still crud out there, of course. Remember Sturgeon's law: 90% of everything is crud. This goes for both commercial and open source software. You should evaluate OSS the same way you evaluate commercial software: who wrote it, what's their reputation, does it have the features we need, how stable is it, etc.

You wouldn't judge Microsoft's capabilities based on the kind of software that Sun produced, would you? Then why would derive your opinion of Apache, Sendmail, Bind, Linux, XFree86, BSD, KDevelop, Gnome and the like based on the fact that some other, completely seperate OSS project isn't worth dreck?

Bill Nottingham claims that the Fedora 2.6 kernel is too big to fit on a floppy.

It's more because GNU Classpath doesn't support Swing yet - as per the status - and its users are J2EE types who don't do AWT/Swing. I think Red Hat is supporting server-side Java for its commercial products.

Yes. FC2 has two "stop-ship" features: 2.6 kernel and SELinux. See the schedule.

Thinking seriously about buying an opteron machine...

Why did you link directly to the full isos?!?!?!

Duh, so the part-timers who just happened to load the page before me can get the slow-ass version while the appropriately "hidden" mirror sites remain speedy and fast for me. :)

"Fedora Core" distinguishes the current, core distribution from various add-ons and alternatives (Fedora Extras and Fedora Alternatives) and from software packages for older distributions (Fedora Legacy). See here.

(There don't seem to be any packages released yet under Fedora Extras and Fedora Alternatives, but there's no harm in planning ahead, I guess. Fedora Legacy is alive and active and has already released several updates for Red Hat 7.2/7.3/8.0.)

See this post for why it might not be that easy. Basically, if you upgrade to the test1 release now, you might not be able to then upgrade to -final later. See the whole thread for more information.

That said you probably can do it anyway.

Its discussed how to automatically update your fedora core through rpm on the fedora-test-list here. Hope that helps.

Come on editors. Why did you link directly to the full isos?!?!?! Use a mirror.

SCO UNIX(R) is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform

That's about as generic as it gets, funny that they never state how they came up with that. I can claim the same about linux using their method of spewing meaningless unsubstantiated numbers.

SCO UNIX(R) is backed by a single, experienced vendor

Because There aren't any experienced linux companies, and we all know how one monolithic company is better.

SCO UNIX(R) has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap

Straight down the crapper requires a ROAD MAP?

SCO UNIX(R) is Secure

My OS is secure too, no one has cracked into it yet. It doesn't boot yet, but it's secure as hell.

SCO UNIX(R) is Legally Unencumbered

Yes, because No One is trying to get SCO into court.

SCO UNIX(R) is a Proven, Stable and Reliable Platform

That's about as generic as it gets, funny that they never state how they came up with that. I can claim the same about linux using their method of spewing meaningless unsubstantiated numbers.

SCO UNIX(R) is backed by a single, experienced vendor

Because There aren't any experienced linux companies, and we all know how one monolithic company is better.

SCO UNIX(R) has a Committed, Well-Defined Roadmap

Straight down the crapper requires a ROAD MAP?

SCO UNIX(R) is Secure

My OS is secure too, no one has cracked into it yet. It doesn't boot yet, but it's secure as hell.

SCO UNIX(R) is Legally Unencumbered

Yes, because No One is trying to get SCO into court.

That's true, but there are filesystems like JFFS2 that are specifically designed for flash and spread writes across the entire card. (This will still come nowhere near a hard disk, but can be sufficient for many applications.)

Well the available models are way to expensive for me. If there was something more entry level like a Palm m505. I suppose Linux is not exactly good for cheap devices since it needs some more powerful processors? What about a cheap PDA with ecos or equivalent on it.

I have always felt that Linux is a nice operating system (for hobbyists and geeks), but there are some areas where it is seriously lacking, especially when compared to its main competitor, Microsoft Windows.

* File sharing. Windows has long been superior when it comes to making large
amounts of files available to third parties. Even early versions of Windows
automatically detected and made available all directories thanks to the built in
NetBIOS-powered file sharing support. But Microsoft has realized that this
technology is inherently limited and has added even better file sharing support
to its Windows XP operating system. Universal Plug and Play will
make it possible to literally access any file, from any device! I think
universal file sharing support needs to be built into the Linux kernel soon.

* Intelligent agents. With innovations like Clippy, the talking paperclip and Microsoft Bob, Microsoft has always tried to make life easier
for its customers. With Outlook and Outlook Express, Microsoft has built a framework for developers to create even smarter agents. Especially popular agents include "Sircam", which automatically asks the users' friends for advice
on files he is working on and the "Hybris" agent, which is a self-replicating
copy of a humorous take on "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves" (the real story!).
Microsoft is working on expanding this P2P technology to its web servers. This
project is still in the beta stage, thus the name "Code Red". The next versions
will be called "Code Yellow" and "Code Green".

* Version numbers. Linux has real naming problems. What's the difference
between a 2.4.19 and a 2.2.17 kernel anyway? And what's with those odd and even
numbers? Microsoft has always had clear and sophisticated naming/versioning
policies. For example, Windows 95 was named Windows 95 because it was released
in 1995. Windows 98 was released three years later, and so on. Windows XP
brought a whole new "experience" to the user, therefore the name. I suggest that
the next Linux kernel releases be called Linux 03, Linux 04, Linux 04.5 (OSR1),
Linux 04.7B (OSR2 SP4 OEM), Linux 2005 and Linux VD (Valentine's Day edition).
Furthermore, remember how Microsoft named every upcoming version of Windows
after some Egyptian city? Cairo, Chicago and so on. I think that the development
kernels should be named after Spanish cities to celebrate Linux' Spanish
origins. Linux Milano or Linux Rome anyone?

* Multi-User Support. This has always been one of Microsoft's strong sides,
especially in the Windows 95/98 variants, where passwords were completely
unnecessary. Microsoft has made the right decision by not bothering the user
with a distinction between "normal" and "root" users too much -- practice has
shown that average users can be trusted to act responsibly and in full awareness
of the potential consequences of their actions. After all, if your operating
system doesn't trust you, why should you trust it? (To be fair, Linux is making
some progress here with the Lindows distribution, where users are always running as root.)

With Windows XP, Microsoft has again improved multi-user support. Not only
does Windows XP come with a larg

um... perhaps you have never used a system other than Debian?

RedHat uses GPG signing of all the packages they distribute.
Mandrake does as well.
Most RPM-based distros do, for that matter.

Gentoo uses MD5 checksums to insure the integrity of the Portage ebuild packages and source files.

While I am not attempting to play down your suggestions, your assertions that "our package managers ... are not controlled or vetted by a central authority" are blatantly false.

Red Hat Linux 9 includes the Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL), a new implementation of POSIX threads for Linux. This library provides performance improvements and increased scalability for i686 or better processors.

The problem is that there are many subtle things that have changed in USERSPACE in the new kernel. This means that simply updating to the new kernel may break some things. For example, changes include /sys instead of /dev, ALSA, LVM2, and several other changes that improve things, but that can't simply be rolled into an RPM. Distributions will include the new kernel over the next 6 months so users won't have to worry about these changes. For example Fedora Core 2 will have the 2.6 kernel and is coming out soon.

For more information see this. Also as you predicted, there are rpms for redhat here. If you want to upgrade to the new kernel, I would recommend googling for instructions to follow. Many people have writen good howtos.

1. So how does SE Linux protect systems against trojans?

SE Linux removes what you might consider to be the "superuser" account (aka 'root' under *nix or 'administrator' under Windows).

You can configure the system to act just as it is now -- having an account that is all-powerful (root or another one), or you can have very limited focus accounts that can not 'see' or use the resources of the others.

The core OS still has the ability to do root-like things and dole out those permissions, though the scope of what needs to be watched is greatly reduced.

By itself, this is not interesting. As a base for a security policy, the increased ability to log who-did-what, and the ability to stop per-process resouce use (not just per 'user'), it becomes very very interesting.

Here are some links on it;

Security-Enhanced Fedora Core 2

Looking forward to Fedora Core 2

(follow this thread) Re: Proposal: Discourage rpmbuild --sign

The main SE Linux site

Red Hat on Security: SELinux

Add this path to yum:
http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/
Kernel 2.6! Works!

I have always felt that Linux is a nice operating system (for hobbyists and geeks), but there are some areas where it is seriously lacking, especially when compared to its main competitor, Microsoft Windows.

* File sharing. Windows has long been superior when it comes to making large
amounts of files available to third parties. Even early versions of Windows
automatically detected and made available all directories thanks to the built in
NetBIOS-powered file sharing support. But Microsoft has realized that this
technology is inherently limited and has added even better file sharing support
to its Windows XP operating system. Universal Plug and Play will
make it possible to literally access any file, from any device! I think
universal file sharing support needs to be built into the Linux kernel soon.

* Intelligent agents. With innovations like Clippy, the talking paperclip and Microsoft Bob, Microsoft has always tried to make life easier
for its customers. With Outlook and Outlook Express, Microsoft has built a framework for developers to create even smarter agents. Especially popular agents include "Sircam", which automatically asks the users' friends for advice
on files he is working on and the "Hybris" agent, which is a self-replicating
copy of a humorous take on "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves" (the real story!).
Microsoft is working on expanding this P2P technology to its web servers. This
project is still in the beta stage, thus the name "Code Red". The next versions
will be called "Code Yellow" and "Code Green".

* Version numbers. Linux has real naming problems. What's the difference
between a 2.4.19 and a 2.2.17 kernel anyway? And what's with those odd and even
numbers? Microsoft has always had clear and sophisticated naming/versioning
policies. For example, Windows 95 was named Windows 95 because it was released
in 1995. Windows 98 was released three years later, and so on. Windows XP
brought a whole new "experience" to the user, therefore the name. I suggest that
the next Linux kernel releases be called Linux 03, Linux 04, Linux 04.5 (OSR1),
Linux 04.7B (OSR2 SP4 OEM), Linux 2005 and Linux VD (Valentine's Day edition).
Furthermore, remember how Microsoft named every upcoming version of Windows
after some Egyptian city? Cairo, Chicago and so on. I think that the development
kernels should be named after Spanish cities to celebrate Linux' Spanish
origins. Linux Milano or Linux Rome anyone?

* Multi-User Support. This has always been one of Microsoft's strong sides,
especially in the Windows 95/98 variants, where passwords were completely
unnecessary. Microsoft has made the right decision by not bothering the user
with a distinction between "normal" and "root" users too much -- practice has
shown that average users can be trusted to act responsibly and in full awareness
of the potential consequences of their actions. After all, if your operating
system doesn't trust you, why should you trust it? (To be fair, Linux is making
some progress here with the Lindows distribution, where users are always running as root.)

With Windows XP, Microsoft has again improved multi-user support. Not only
does Windows XP come with a larg

Why are you STILL using Windows filled with spyware crap! Get linux today. With KDE 3.2 just released there is really NO excuse!

Install Linux on your computer today!

My friends, I know we all want Open Source to succeed. However, it has come to my attention that the amount of attention being lavished on Linux by the community at the expense of BSD ignores one key advantage that the vernerable OS from Berkeley has over everyone's favourite from Finland.

How can people say BSD is dying when it has a mascot like this?! Linux needs to get its act together if it's going to compete with the kind of hot chicks and gorgeous babes that BSD has to offer!

How can you take Linux seriously when its fronted by losers like these?! Would you buy software from them? Would you even walk on the same side of the street as them?! I don't think so! You Linux groupies need to find some sexy girls like her! I mean just look at this girl! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox. As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx. I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass?!

With sexy chicks like the lovely Ceren you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of BSD if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight penguin or a gay looking goat! Don't you wish you could get one of these? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty!

Join the campaign for more cute open source babes today!

It depends a lot on taste, a lot on how much time you're prepared to spend messing around.

I've opted for Red Hat's Fedora Core 1 because it provides a nice friendly experience for a Windows emmigrant (I did a cold-turkey swap of Windows 2000 Professional for Fedora Core 1 about 6 months ago and haven't looked back).

But please take a look at the features of the main distros yourself and see what suits you.

You just can't take Linux seriously when its fronted by losers like these. Would you buy software from them? I don't think so! You Linux groupies need to find some sexy girls like her! I mean just look at this girl! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox. As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx. I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass?!

With sexy chicks like the lovely Ceren you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of BSD if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight penguin or a gay looking goat! Don't you wish you could get one of these? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty!

Join the campaign for more cute open source babes today!

I agree, Fedora is a nice system. Very user friendly during the install, and actually quite easy to use and configure for someone without any Linux experience.

Unfortunately, according the Fedora website, the release of test1 for Core 2 has been delayed. I'd assume it means the final release will be delayed because of that too.

My plan until then is to try one of the kernel-2.6.x rpms in the development directory in Core 1. Though they haven't put out 2.6 kernel updates as part of the up2date updates, they have been making the rpms available in the development directory.

You just can't take Linux seriously when its fronted by losers like these. Would you buy software from them? I don't think so! You Linux groupies need to find some sexy girls like her! I mean just look at this girl! Doesn't she excite you? I know this little hottie puts me in need of a cold shower! This guy looks like he is about to cream his pants standing next to such a fox. As you can see, no man can resist this sexy little minx. I mean are you telling me you wouldn't like to get your hands on this ass?!

With sexy chicks like the lovely Ceren you could have people queuing up to buy open source products. Could you really refuse to buy a copy of BSD if she told you to? Come on, you must admit she is better than an overweight penguin or a gay looking goat! Don't you wish you could get one of these? Personally I know I would give my right arm to get this close to such a divine beauty!

Join the campaign for more cute open source babes today!

Mandrakesoft have a version of 9.2 for Athlon 64 systems.

Fedora, Gentoo, and Debian also have A64 ports in development.

So dont wait for Windows, Join the 64-bit revoloution today, with Linux! Ported faster because the source is open!

Chessbrain is kind of a cool hack, and I would respect that, if they weren't filthy spammers. Here is a typical Chessbrain spam. Notice the spam body image is hosted off of chessbrain.net. (Filthy, filthy, incompetant, spammers.

From: Than Ngo <than redhat com>
Subject: Re: kde-3.2 released!
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:12:33 +0100

KDE 3.2.0 for FC1 will be available on ftp.kde.org tomorrow ;-)

From: Than Ngo <than redhat com>
Subject: Re: kde-3.2 released!
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 14:12:33 +0100

KDE 3.2.0 for FC1 will be available on ftp.kde.org tomorrow ;-)

Linux group in Iraq? Are you insane? What did the Indian company ever do to deserve access to the markets? Did India supply troops to fight? No. Did RedHat send out a bunch of people from Bangalore to rebuild the post-war country? No.

Until then, I think US software businesses should be granted access to the markets.

I have always felt that Linux is a nice operating system (for hobbyists and geeks), but there are some areas where it is seriously lacking, especially when compared to its main competitor, Microsoft Windows.

* File sharing. Windows has long been superior when it comes to making large amounts of files available to third parties. Even early versions of Windows automatically detected and made available all directories thanks to the built in
NetBIOS-powered file sharing support. But Microsoft has realized that this technology is inherently limited and has added even better file sharing support to its Windows XP operating system. Universal Plug and Play will
make it possible to literally access any file, from any device! I think universal file sharing support needs to be built into the Linux kernel soon.

* Intelligent agents. With innovations like Clippy, the talking paperclip and Microsoft Bob, Microsoft has always tried to make life easier for its customers. With Outlook and Outlook Express, Microsoft has built a framework for developers to create even smarter agents. Especially popular agents include "Sircam", which automatically asks the users' friends for advice on files he is working on and the "Hybris" agent, which is a self-replicating copy of a humorous take on "Snow-White and the Seven Dwarves" (the real story!).
Microsoft is working on expanding this P2P technology to its web servers. This
project is still in the beta stage, thus the name "Code Red". The next versions will be called "Code Yellow" and "Code Green".

* Version numbers. Linux has real naming problems. What's the difference between a 2.4.19 and a 2.2.17 kernel anyway? And what's with those odd and even numbers? Microsoft has always had clear and sophisticated naming/versioning
policies. For example, Windows 95 was named Windows 95 because it was released
in 1995. Windows 98 was released three years later, and so on. Windows XP
brought a whole new "experience" to the user, therefore the name. I suggest that the next Linux kernel releases be called Linux 03, Linux 04, Linux 04.5 (OSR1), Linux 04.7B (OSR2 SP4 OEM), Linux 2005 and Linux VD (Valentine's Day edition).
Furthermore, remember how Microsoft named every upcoming version of Windows after some Egyptian city? Cairo, Chicago and so on. I think that the development kernels should be named after Spanish cities to celebrate Linux' Spanish origins. Linux Milano or Linux Rome anyone?

* Multi-User Support. This has always been one of Microsoft's strong sides, especially in the Windows 95/98 variants, where passwords were completely
unnecessary. Microsoft has made the right decision by not bothering the user with a distinction between "normal" and "root" users too much -- practice has shown that average users can be trusted to act responsibly and in full awareness of the potential consequences of their actions. After all, if your operating system doesn't trust you, why should you trust it? (To be fair, Linux is making some progress here with the Lindows distribution, where users are always running as root.)

With Windows XP, Microsoft has again improved multi-user support. Not only does Windows XP come with a large library of user pictures that are displayed on the login screen, su

> Pray tell, how exactly does one buy Linux?

Perhaps by visiting a website such as this one

Spare us your semantical quibbles, in commonspeak when someone sets out to pay for service/support/extra features/whatever from someone like RHAT they are said to "buy linux".

If thats not good enough for you then go fuck yourself, because I doubt you'll find anyone else who'd be willing.

Is UserLinux a new version of RedHat Linux?

http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/2.6/readme.txt

What, you mean like RedHat have already done?

Note that desktop environment usability should not be judged on its similarity to another. If you've only ever used Windows, and you like the Windows interface, and you judge everything against Windows, KDE may seem more appealing. But that doesn't mean KDE (or GNOME) is better.

For many of us, the Windows interface is not ideal. I might also question the quality of the SuSE GNOME environment, too, since they have long been a KDE based desktop (confession: I've never tried it). Try a GNOME-centric distribution (like Fedora) and try GNOME, you might find it more appealing.

Finally, GNOME's widgets can all be themed, did you only use the default? art.gnome.org hosts tons of widget, window and icon themes with which I could nearly convince you your environment was any number of other OSs.