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Is opensuse a sub par, imperfect version of SLED?
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No it is not, and one can use OpenSuse on enterprise desktops if they wanted to.
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Is SLED in a any way more stable, safe and polished than Opensuse?
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Perhaps SLED is more stable, as it only uses proven packages that are known to be stable sort of like debian stable.
But safty and polish, eh I think its probably on par with both.
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Any advantage or disadvantage of using SLED?
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Commercial support I would say be the top advantage, but the disadvantage would be not having more up to date versions of your favorite apps.
Please note that I never quite used SLED personally but I know a few people who have so I do some things about it.
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Who are the people that are using linux?
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Linux attracts many types.
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Is the average linux user someone that like spending hours in front of a computer, that does not want to give up with their old pcs?
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No not really, as I said above linux has many types of people using it.
I will take myself as an example:
I consider myself a "average user", not a average linux user but a average computer user who uses their computer for the following things:
Internet (Browsing, chat, E-mail)
Multimedia (Listening to MP3's, watching DVD's, etc)
Gaming (Though Linux has a low gaming ratio compared to windows, but meh I am not a computer gamer anyway)
Home office (Word processing, spreadsheets)
Graphics editing
I dont compile any software unless I have to, I never spend a long time configuring my system settings, I rarely open a terminal and use command line.
And you know what, these days you barely have to compile or use a terminal and most modern linux distros dont have a lot of configuration needed.
I use linux because it has worked better for me then Windows, no viruses, no spyware, no defrags, easy application installation...
For me Linux is easier to use in general despite the "linux is not ready for the desktop" BS
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If you had the opportunity to buy a new desktop and a new laptop, with no budget limitations, would you still use linux?
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Yes, heck I did that once already.
I had an older computer that I ran linux on after having so many issues with windows.
When I got this computer it had windows on it, but as soon as I got it XP was no more...
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would you prefer buying a mac or a windows?
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No, and also a computer with Windows on it is not called a "windows", its usually referred to as a PC if you take the Mac Vs PC adds with a grain of salt...
I know I dont, I call a Windows computer a windows box or windows PC, a Mac a Mac and a Linux computer a Linux box or PC...
Linux box for the sake of argument.
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Would it be stupid to buy new hardware just to install opensuse or ubuntu? (Would you do that?)
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No, as Linux has great hardware compatibility so new hardware or old hardware Linux will be my OS of choice.
Its the kind of hardware that goes into it that matters here.
Like I would never buy a ATI card, or a Foxconn Motherboard.
No it's Nvidia and gigabyte for me.
And as for AMD vs Intel, it doesnt matter anymore though I would buy from Intel to be honest with you... AMD never worked with one so I cant judge it.