In general (reading from what everyone here says about SuSE), it may not be worth paying the 70 USD for.
Go for a free distro, besides, they will all have one issue or another. rgds ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following on 09/08/2006 09:16 AM: > Believe you me, my experience with Suse 10.1 would have left any new user > shocked about how to get Linux working. I had to come up with a few hacks > just to get the interface operational. SuseForums has loads of complaints > from many other users too about 10.1 and network cards. One of the most > complained about cards is 3com 905 card with many people being told to > resort to getting other cards. What a shame. > > However for now, its still the next best thing I can give a customer > otherwise slackware wouldnt be a bad try. > > Wire > >> Mandrake Made Better GUI tools that SUSE in any case, i dont hear >> anyone complaining about them. The issue he raises here is valid as >> per cloning of boxes suse creates interfaces and devices using machine >> specific names such as the mac address of the network card of course >> you understand that when you clone that to an identical box it is not >> going to work. >> >> Well you may have never experienced nightmare with suse tools, but >> believe me i have had Yast break so many times. >> >> On 9/7/06, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I think the issue is that SuSE develops great tools - which are meant to >>> eliminate the need for the CLI. >>> >>> I've never had problems with X on SuSE, or yast overwriting my settings, >>> or >>> any of the other issues mentioned on this thread! And I've used it on >>> old >>> machines, brand new machines, servers, desktops, etc. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 9/7/06, andrew colin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>> I agree suse/novell is a distro for point and click slakers. Although >>>> for large deployments they would ask you to use thier deployment >>>> (zenworks) tool for that which they "claim it works and makes admin >>>> easy" >>>> >>>> On 9/6/06, Francis Musinguzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> EBM, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Yes Yes and many more. As a "large scale" distro implementor I've >>> had >>>>> problems with implementing SuSE 10.0 on more than one machine. >>> Imagine a >>>>> situaton where by 54 boxes have just been cloned and I discover that >>> U >>> can't >>>>> access the net and can't switch from graphical to tty without having >>> to >>>>> restart. I had to manually configure each network card and restrict >>> use >>> to X >>>>> only, for now. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> But before U decide to write SuSE off consider what it is meant for >>> as a >>>>> distro. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - Quick, shiny and easy Interface. >>>>> - Centralized administration (yast)**. >>>>> - Targets mainstream instead of developers. - ++ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It was meant to be deployed and left alone, not tweaked daily. That >>> is >>> why I >>>>> recommend SuSE for companies and beginers who would like to just >>> know >>> what >>>>> Linux is all about. The rest of us should just stick to the command >>> and >>>>> tweak-oriented distros like fedora. As more capable machines are >>> developed, >>>>> heavier and more resource intensive systems are developed, so if >>> U're >>> using >>>>> SuSE 10.2 on a 128Mb RAM box, be prepared for a shock. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> FRANCIS >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Ernest, B.M (AfriNIC - ZA) writes: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Hari Kurup wrote the following on 09/04/2006 10:40 AM: >>>>> On Sep 3, 2006, at 2:07 PM, Ernest, B.M (AfriNIC - ZA) wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I use FC5. (and previously, SuSE - but migrated to FC after i >>> noticed >>>>> that SuSE forces me to work in a certain way i dont like !) >>>>> >>>>> Which way is that? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> by the time i was using 9.3, i didnt like the following: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - yast overwrites config files i have edited by hand without >>>>> creating a backup >>>>> - no good network connection manager. changing networks meant >>>>> one has to manually edit network configs, or use the very >>>>> unreliable "kinternet", which does not even have an option >>>>> to save custom profiles >>>>> - dhcp client implementation was crappy. one could get 'partial' >>>>> network settings from a dhcp server (eg, an IP address, but >>>>> no gateway, or dns servers). Although there is an option of >>>>> getting way round this in the relevant config file, yast could >>>>> easily ovewrite that file again (see bullet 1 above) :( >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> - it was too heavy and slow on my laptoy. the same >>>>> laptop with fc5 boots in less than half the time it took suse, >>>>> lasts longer on the same battery, apps start much faster, etc >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> anyway, plus lots of other many nuances..! (like a "KDE" which is >>>>> a bit hard to upgrade, else, some intergrated apps like 'noatun, >>>>> or amarok will start misbehaving). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> e >>>>> >>>>> LUG mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >>> (including >>>>> attachments if any). 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