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SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

Posted Mar 13, 2007 4:17 UTC (Tue) by bduncan (guest, #6886)
Parent article: SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

I've been using SuSE for many years since about 5.2 and 9.3 was my favourite as a solid desktop and/or notebook release. (Slackware still rules for servers.) I've used the 10.x series including 10.2 on several machines and while 10.2 has some fun eye-candy there are still a number of outstanding issues, at least on the notebook I use.

So long 9.3, you will be missed. (Looking forward to 10.3..)


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SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

Posted Mar 13, 2007 12:01 UTC (Tue) by mbottrell (guest, #43008) [Link]

SuSE Linux 9.3 was the last solid desktop they put together.

The 10.x series were unstable, full of bugs in comparison.

So long 9.3 ... you'll be missed.
I left Suse after being disappointed with 10.x, and have found greener pastures with Ubuntu. I imagine many others have also.

Ohh we yearn for the great days of slickness and stability of the 9.3 era. Alas, a time forgotten...

SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

Posted Mar 13, 2007 14:05 UTC (Tue) by niner (subscriber, #26151) [Link]

As for me 10.2 is simply the best working version since I started with 5.2 I wonder what these issues are?

SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

Posted Mar 14, 2007 15:18 UTC (Wed) by cross (guest, #13601) [Link]

> As for me 10.2 is simply the best working version since I started with
> 5.2 I wonder what these issues are?

They're probably different for everybody. Personally I find the fact that 10.2 is unable to keep the correct time on hardware that works with previous versions of SuSE including 9.3, 10.0 and 10.1 most annoying. NTP cannot keep sync with my very stable NTP server (running SuSE 9) for more than maybe half an hour and is off by many minutes a day. Taking it to the SuSE lists gets you a "works for me must be your hardware" which doesn't explain why it works perfectly well with all prior versions then.

SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

Posted Mar 15, 2007 12:59 UTC (Thu) by Kmaurer (guest, #12642) [Link]

I have to agree - I've had problems with the clock issue since 9.3 - in
fact 10.2 hung my machine during the first boot when it tried to set the
hardware clock that it rendered the machine unbootable for days -
fortunately time healed the wound (?) enough that I could eventually boot
Kubuntu on another partition and I was able to replace the Suse partition
with Fedora Core 6...not my favorite.

I was sad but hopefull when Novell bought Suse. I just don't "have a lot
of fun" with Suse anymore.

SUSE Linux 9.3 security support discontinued soon

Posted Jan 10, 2008 8:14 UTC (Thu) by JunkEmail (guest, #49884) [Link]

I've not had any (major) problems with this 9.2 Professional release/9.3 upgrade, however I
did spend a good deal of time setting it up to do what I needed it to do... now support is
discontinued???? That pisses me off! I paid retail for  this and they cancel support less than
two years of Novell taking over? I think we know what to expect from Novell from now on. There
is no easy solution here upgrading is not optimal and does not support the older hardware I
have, not upgrading means security risks, upgrading means major investment of time (money) and
effort. Is there any alternative, nonNovell upgrade security support? Or shall I switch to,,,
what???

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