I'm currently running Suse 10.0 (64-bit) and like it a lot. However I must confess (as a newby) that I'm intrigued by things I've read about Ubuntu.

Does anyone have any opinion(s) as to which is best, Suse or Ubuntu. As I understand it one of Ubuntu's advantages is the ease of installation and removal of software.

How's the hardware support in Ubuntu, the documentation, the on-line user community and availability of forums/help etc?

Thanks!

If anything, I don't think you should jump into SUSE 10.1 too fast. 10.1 has more bugs in the package management system and a tad bit less hardware support. I use Kubuntu occasionally, but from what I can tell, it is a very stable operating system. Package management is very easy with APT, but that is also available in SUSE if you want. The only trouble with APT is that it's sort of limited.

I would say that hardware support might be a little better in SUSE, but documentation and the community is much better with Ubuntu.

Bottom line, they both have their advantages, but since SUSE is so buggy right now, you might want to give Ubuntu a try. But that's just my opinion.

I run both SUSE 10.0 and Ubuntu (5.10--soon to be upgraded to 6.06). Ubuntu is a good distribution, but not as ready for "prime time" in my opinion. (I have a different opinion of SUSE 10.1, but that is another story.) Incidentally, I would recommend sticking with SUSE 10.0.

Using YaST in SUSE is as easy as using Synaptic in Ubuntu. Both are good package managers, and adding and removing software is easy. One tip: if you compile any applications from source, do the "make install" step using checkinstall (a program). It creates a package (RPM for SUSE or Debian for Ubuntu) that can be added and removed using the package manager and helps keep your system a lot cleaner.

In my opinion, the online support and documentation for SUSE is superior currently. Although Ubuntu is currently a popular download, its user base is nowhere near as large as SUSE's--especially in business.

Kubuntu because it uses kde and apt

just my opinion

Try Kubuntu and find out yourself . I tend to find questions asking for distro comparisons to be uselss. My reasoning for this is that most people tend to just say their favourite distro or the one they dislike the least is better. Nothing beats good old "personal experience" when choosing between distros. By the way, you can use the same tools on Suse and Kubuntu to manage software.

if u are a student ,with not much to do on networking or somethings really serious,it is better to have ubuntu.
well suse is more like u have greater control over things ,
i tried both,i felt ubuntu is far too easy to handle than suse
also u get every really good hardware support in both ubuntu and suse(for that matter, in almost any distro,that i came across)