-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > On Fri, Mar 24, 2006 at 02:47:18PM +0100, Robert Schiele wrote: > > Almost new SUSE Linux user will just install with default selections without > > ever seeing dependency problems, won't he? > > Almost all will start to install non-default software. At least the ones > that I know. The fist question they ask is: where can I find application > X? > > You don't reject a new car at your car dealer just because there is > > not enough air in the tires. > > Yes, I would. If they can not even take care of that, I will asume that > the rest is a big mess as well. > > > It is quite annoying to drive a car that does not have enough air in > > the tires but you can easily work around the problem by filling more > > air into. > > I would expect that either the factory or the place where I pick up my car > would take care of that. > > > You can work around _this_ problem here by just doing some more clicks > > or just using a standard selection. > > Sure, you can work around it. However it is not something I would expect > of a new version, especially when you know the problem is there. There are > so many small problems that are mentioned around the new installer that I > can not see it being ready. > > A lot of negative press will be the result, just because people want to > press this through and say that either the user should just do deafult or > be a Linux wizzard.
This is the point I was trying to make as well. The people I have been able to convert to SUSE Linux have come to expect a polished great product. From the looks of things now that polished product is very tarnished. It is not just one bug but many little bugs that all surrond the common problem added very late in the release cycle. The package manager or the Display problems. I too have old HW and this X thing is very annoying. I think if it were only one little problem we would live with it. But it is many little problems that tarnish the reputation of SUSE/Novell. Releasing this in this state will cause a lot more harm than waiting and fixing them. I think an explaination that a new packager Manager was necessary to meet the goals would pacifiy many on the news of a release date change. Sure there would be some news but, that will be minor compared to what may happen. It takes a long time to gain the great reputation that SUSE currently has. But all that can be undone with a premature release. Or one catastophic bad release as this appears to me right now. - -- Boyd Gerber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://quantumlab.net/pine_privacy_guard/ iD8DBQFEJBLSVtBjDid73eYRAq/2AJsEEsDWbyRqTp//tX/hNwbKb3wKJQCdHOUz RvcKnAoR39ONwTeTFdEqcoQ= =1SYK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
