openSUSE 11.0
Having spent the last three days downloading openSUSE 11.0 only for it to finish downloading at 11:10 PM last night I must say it was worth the three days of waiting for what is probably the simplest and most complete OS install I have ever done. Thus far I have only had to open the terminal once to copy down some commands press enter and wait. That was only for wireless drivers because my Compaq Presario v2000 series laptop loves the Broadcom. This install was all class.
The first sign of this general elegance was the region selector (for time zones and such). Normally I would have to scroll down a huge list of places to get to the one saying Perth-Australia and I have had to do this for every OS I have installed since Windows 98. I don't know if our fruit loving friends do the same (word is they do) but this time instead of clicking on a drop down menu and scrolling down for an eternity I simply clicked on Australia it zoomed in and then I clicked Perth..... done! I am sure this "world map" is going to confuse some Americans (not to mention they put the UK in the middle *gasp*) but for my educated past year 2 self it was beautiful. There is still an option to go through a list if you are a sadomasochist or something but overall it was a small but great addition.
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