Hello,
Ulrich Windl wrote:
I'd say that the media only includes GPL software now, and that Internet access is
needed to download packages from non Novell-supported sites to complete the
installation (media players, MP3, graphics drivers, modem drivers, printer
drivers, ISDN, webcams, tuners, etc.).
Maybe some would see that equivalent with "don't buy".
I'm sorry to say, but I agree. The main selling point of SUSE was in my
experience, that everything worked out of the box. And not just worked,
but worked very well. My colleagues worked sometimes literally weeks to
get Debian/Fedora/etc running at all on a hardware, and then to get it
running STABLE. When they gave up, I installed SUSE on it without
needing to download extra sources, patch the installation sources,
building my own kernel (to make quick security fixes difficult) etc. On
their notebooks even Debian fans use now SUSE ;-) And they provided very
good feedback on SUSE, as they are seasoned sysadmins.
But if we get back to stone age and support only a smaller subset of
drivers, and a lot others will just go away, as the main selling point:
easy installation and exceptional hardware support just go away. Bye,
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CzP
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