Thanks for that post... and while i respect your intention to end the
thread i would be grateful if you could expand on a couple of points.

a] Why is ubuntu Gnome focussed. You said in point 5
> 5. KDE can be very unstable compare to Gnome.
when other distros seem centred on KDE and appear stable. I need to
use a few KDE apps and thus have used ubuntu [instead of Kubuntu].

b] be grateful if you could say a bit more about suse - i thought it
was the 2.6 kernel but obviously somehow different again
> 7. You can install Gnome with out installing a CD for a fresh install.
... Only one that has a total different kernel is SuSe.

c] 6 monthly updates are great but an app i use is VYM and i want to
use the latest version. Ubuntu has missed the latest version in gutsy
[1.8.0] and is going to include ver 1.10.0 in hardy but they are now
onto ver 1.11.0. Effectively a year behind in updates... admitedly an
app that few people use... just that it is one that i have a need for.

Sometimes a glitch isn't corrected and so one has got to wait another
six months. Time will tell but i do wonder if ubuntu isn't going to
find 6 months too frequent... after all 6.06 was two months late.

I use the server version of ubuntu but have used suse on my other
machine for the reason mentioned... when i wish i could have stayed
with ubuntu.