I've gone back to Ubuntu.
Decided against reinstalling openSUSE on my new build simply because of poor package management and no simple codec or plugin installation.
Ubuntu is a comfy place to be
I am actually about to purchase a license to SLED, since from what I read it has a lot to it OpenSuSe doesn't. I think we actually may have a few licenses at work since we run novell netware servers, zen works, etc.
Open suse is actually not a product of novell, novell just tosses some money into it each year. Novell, is also new at the open source market, so I say that a lot of their technologies need polishing. I love the Yast control center, but it needs work, the add software package feature lacks several features, zen installer however nice, also needs some polishing.
I would say opensuse is not a bad OS, but its not great either, and it could be great if they got their act together. Or perhaps if novell did a bit more than just give money to their funding.