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There’s an increasing number of Linux flavors over the years. In the old days there’re maybe 3 to 4 very popular ones and that’s it. There’re many reasons but I think the main one is the renewed focus on desktop Linux.
Linux used to be for system admins only. Now more and more everyday folks want to use them. When there’s a need… Not only KDE and Gnome have flourished, even the kernel has become bigger and fatter to accomodate newer consumer modules such as wireless network and TV cards.
I just installed Suse on one laptop and Ubuntu on another. Suse installs KDE by default and looks very WinXP like. Suse couldn’t detect the built-in wireless connection. Ubuntu uses Gnome and detects all the components on the machine with no problem including the wireless connection. More to follow as I get acquinted with both systems.

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