The thing about CNR as far as I can see is that it does not provide the same level of details you can get by inspecting a package's contents through something like Yast - Install and Remove. The majority of distributions now also provide an automated updating facility like YOU.
The only real advantage of CNR that I can see is that it is geared toward people unfamiliar with common Linux applications.
Certainly distributions like SuSE, Mandriva and Ubuntu are becoming easy enough to use that distributions like Linspire are becoming less important.
The only problem with Yast for most people is how big it has become. Though personally I like being able to maintain almost all settings from one application - need to do some configuration? Simple, just open up Yast.
There's also the issue Yast has of seeing configuration for stuff like DNS Servers when you may not even have a DNS Server installed. No doubt that's confusing for a lot of people new to Linux.
I don't know what kind of hardware issues you had with SuSE. Everything I had worked OK out of the box, with the exception of Accelerated 3D. That was just a matter of going to the ATI website and running an installer.
The only real advantage of CNR that I can see is that it is geared toward people unfamiliar with common Linux applications.
Certainly distributions like SuSE, Mandriva and Ubuntu are becoming easy enough to use that distributions like Linspire are becoming less important.
The only problem with Yast for most people is how big it has become. Though personally I like being able to maintain almost all settings from one application - need to do some configuration? Simple, just open up Yast.
There's also the issue Yast has of seeing configuration for stuff like DNS Servers when you may not even have a DNS Server installed. No doubt that's confusing for a lot of people new to Linux.
I don't know what kind of hardware issues you had with SuSE. Everything I had worked OK out of the box, with the exception of Accelerated 3D. That was just a matter of going to the ATI website and running an installer.