2004.02_Distribution Comparison Test Intro.pdf

Distribution comparison test

COVER STORY

Distribution Comparison – Support & Documentation, Hardware tests

Support & Docu-

Mandrake Linux

Red Hat Professional

Suse Linux 9.0

Xandros

Fedora

Debian

mentation (cont’d)

PowerPack 9.2

ProSuite 9.2

Workstation

Professional

Desktop 2.0

Core 1

GNU/Linux 3.0 r2

Telephone & Email support / Web resources (cont’d)

URL of patch page

www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/ ,

https://rhn.redhat.com www.suse.de/en/private/www.xandros.com/

fedora.redhat.com/ www.debian.org/

www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3

(Registration required, download/updates

downloads.html

htmldownload/

security/

one machine permitted)-

updates.

User forum,

www.mandrakeclub.com/ (90 Day free),

–

www.suse.de/en/

www.xandros.com/

www.redhat.com/

lists.debian.org/

mailing lists

http://www.mandrakeexpert.com/

support/online_help/ forums.html

mailman/listinfo/

mailinglists

fedora-list

Hardware tests

Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook S601 Laptop

Sound chip supported Yes

Yes

out of the box

(issue remedied later)

Suspend and

Yes

resume supported

Multifunctional OfficeJet HP 7140xi

Yes

Not configurable

Yes

Poor quality after

using distribution

manual configu-

specific printer tool,

ration

generic support via

CUPS Web interface

Scan

Yes

Canon Powershot A60 digital camera

Automatically

Yes

recognized

USB storage device

Automatically

Yes, but not mounted

No, but accessible via Yes

Yes

recognized

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