Right, to begin, Suse is open source...ergo, you can get a brand new updated version for free, off the internet....and you can pass the software for free, again, there's no question of illegality there....As for better....I suggest a virgin user try ubuntu first. They're all going to suffer from the same DX limitations, and what is better really depends on what you want to do. They're all better than windows, in my opinion.
