SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 coming [LWN.net]

SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 coming

Posted Mar 11, 2005 1:20 UTC (Fri) by publius (guest, #22114)
Parent article: SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 coming

My 2 (very biased) bits: I've been using SuSE since 7.0. I've had a host
of problems with every installation (and there have been many installs),
until I got 9.2 pro. I unpacked a brand new Dell laptop (which
presumable shipped with XP on it), stuck in the DVD and let 'er rip. It
installed flawlessly (first time for everything), even though I radically
rearranged the default partitioning and file systems and dumped in every
development tool that would fit. Only problem was the weird, extra-wide
aspect ratio of the display, which the SaX2 utility refused to fix.
Still, compared to previous disasters, SUSE are definitely getting it
together.

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SUSE Linux Professional 9.3 coming

Posted Mar 24, 2005 11:12 UTC (Thu) by wjl (guest, #26714) [Link]

> I've been using SuSE since 7.0.
> SUSE are definitely getting it together.

Hmmm ok. I used SuSE Version 4 sometime in another life. Then I thought: ok, let's go with the market leader, and changed to RH.

It was when I first tested FreeBSD tho, when I thought: hey, this is something to watch! Their ports system clearly was a winner compared to RPM hell of those days.

To make it short: after dealing with SuSE versions 7.x again, because our hosted server had that preinstalled, I tried several other approaches and found (tadaaaa): Debian.

I have never again looked at something else (ok, besides the occasional look to Debian-based Live-CDs). Whenever you ask network admins or anyone who has work to get done with, you will get these same answers. It is unsurpassed.

Who cares about the latest and greates features of what-havent-you-seen when you actually *have* seen it in Sid or Experimental? Servers are happy with Woody or - if the hardware is really bleeding edge - Sarge anyway.

Ok; I acknowledge that they (SuSE) are contributing back. Things like Beagle and so on are great - but I lived so long without them now, that I can wait another month or two (or compile them myself if I *really* need them), until Debian has them. Btw: there is more reason of preferring Debian than only because of apt-get of course: here @ work, I use 'main', and that's it. No 'contrib' and esp. no 'non-free'.

So while you guys with your Enterprise-whatever *still* have at least to think about licenses, I get my work done - as well as so many other people I know.

SuSE? Red Hat? Anything? Oh yeah - we actually *do* have and use and pay for one commercial product, and that's the Astaro Firewall.

So for SuSE 9.x: thanks; not for me...
kind regards & peace (no offending meant),
wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien