Thomas Taylor wrote: <snip>
Hi Tony, 13.1 has been out for some time now. Most of the bugs have been worked out and what remain are minor in nature. There is no such thing as a bug free operating system (case in point - Microsoft).
Not to start any flame wars here, but I'm pretty happy with Mac OS X. I remember when I first started using it and it looked an awful lot like the file structure on my Caldera Open Linux installation and I was pretty happy about that.
One way you can decide if a version is adequately bug-free for your use is whether the enterprise version has the same version number to what you wish to download. OpenSUSE gets any major bugs out before releasing that version in an enterprise package.
I need to do very few things with Linux: 1. run a CAD modeling program called variCAD. 2. run a PC board layout program called Eagle. 3. run Netatalk so I can transfer files to my Mac, so that needs a functioning gcc.
Personal question - why do you want a boxed version as opposed to a downloaded ISO?
Because it comes all finished in a box and I don't have to fuss with anything at all. And I get to pay someone an amount for the work they put out. Do you experience download problems with other software? Not at all. I believe
Earthlink is a telecom physical line only and if you live far from the telecom switch or have poor wiring it might be worthwhile to obtain one of the satellite services if that is affordable for you.
I only use Earthlink as an email address (on their SMTP server), and only out of habit. I have other email addresses on my domain hosting server. I have Comcast high-speed cable access to the web. Another option is to obtain
one of the Linux magazines which feature "free" DVDs of various distros. Of course you have to pay for the magazine but you get a lot of knowledge from it also.
Tom
That's true, but some of those distributions are bare minimum. I really need the full gcc compiler and all of the support libraries. -- Tony Alfrey tonyalfrey@earthlink.net "I'd Rather Be Sailing" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org