On Mon, 2006-02-06 at 18:32 +0100, Peter M. Groen wrote:
On Monday 6 February 2006 17:55, Erik Jakobsen wrote: ---------------------[ 8< ]---------------------------------------------------
Dear List,
It is good to see how many people are willing to help each other on a list like this.
SuSE is always sold (!) as an easy to use, perfect for beginners and non-technical people distribution. When Novell took over SuSE they claimed they should maintain the high standard SuSE users were used to. The opposite seems to be true.
You buy a "distro" and from there, you are on your own. They release "fixes" that could make your system unusable in the worst case.
You will very, very rarely find YOU fixes that make a system unusable. If -you- stray away from SUSE blessed packages it is -your- responsibility to make sure they will not make -your- system unstable not SuSE. ANY third party software downloaded from other the ftp.suse.com or an authorized mirror site IS third party and it is not the responsibility of Novell/SuSE to test those packages. If -you- have a problem with an installed third party package complain to the author of that site!
The main question that rises my mind is "How the H&ll do they test their software, if it is tested at all". And how do they expect to sell distributions, if their fixes
What fixes are you talking about and be very specific as to where you downloaded the "fixes" from and how you installed them. Do you honestly think that if the problems were in the distribution purchased from Novell that -you- would be the only one having the problems? Get real and get a life. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998