[opensuse] 10.2 package management
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. In terms of package management, here is what I do with 9.3: 1) Copy installation media to file server 2) Periodically mirror updates to file server 3) All client machines have a single installation source: an NFS share on the file server 4) All client machines have a single update source: an NFS share on the file server Is this same setup possible under 10.2? Thanks, Ross -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote:
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. You know what? If it aint broke leave it alone. In other words, if your system is running, does what you want, isn't having any trouble, and you already like it a lot... well, leave it alone... no need to go to 10.2.... in fact,... I'd stay at 9.3 if I were you...
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On Friday 23 February 2007 08:15:56 pm M Harris wrote:
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote:
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2.
You know what? If it aint broke leave it alone. In other words, if your system is running, does what you want, isn't having any trouble, and you already like it a lot... well, leave it alone... no need to go to 10.2.... in fact,... I'd stay at 9.3 if I were you...
...but the security updates may not be around long. Though I think 9.3 was my favorite version (from 9.1 to 10.1) I am on 10.1 simply because I want the updates. Oh, and on 10.2, I noticed a fairly damming article today: http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/66/ It said... So Novell fixed the damage done by 10.1., but still has not addressed many of the lingering problems with installation and configuration that have plagued SUSE variants for the operating system's entire history. It's still a decent desktop operating system, and has one of the industry's best configuration frameworks (YaST), but it just doesn't compete with commercial GNU/Linux distros like Xandros or Mandriva. It has a hard time competing even with the free-of-charge Ubuntu Linux. Indeed, openSUSE is in danger of losing relevance in a rapidly evolving market. You can't have poor quality releases anymore -- those days of leniency are over. Desktop GNU/Linux is now a mature market, and companies like Novell need to start treating it like such. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kai Ponte
On Friday 23 February 2007 08:15:56 pm M Harris wrote:
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote:
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2.
You know what? If it aint broke leave it alone. In other words, if your system is running, does what you want, isn't having any trouble, and you already like it a lot... well, leave it alone... no need to go to 10.2.... in fact,... I'd stay at 9.3 if I were you...
...but the security updates may not be around long. Though I think 9.3 was my favorite version (from 9.1 to 10.1) I am on 10.1 simply because I want the updates.
Oh, and on 10.2, I noticed a fairly damming article today:
http://www.softwareinreview.com/cms/content/view/66/
It said...
So Novell fixed the damage done by 10.1., but still has not addressed many of the lingering problems with installation and configuration that have plagued SUSE variants for the operating system's entire history. It's still a decent
And does not give any details about this. I consider that article a rant and not a review ;-( Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
M Harris wrote:
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote:
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2.
You know what? If it aint broke leave it alone. In other words, if your system is running, does what you want, isn't having any trouble, and you already like it a lot... well, leave it alone... no need to go to 10.2.... in fact,... I'd stay at 9.3 if I were you...
Of course, 9.3 is or will soon be out of support, so that may be a factor. I only update my firewall when the SUSE version it runs is approaching end of support or I change hardware. It's currently at 10.0. When it goes out of support, I'll update to the next to newest version. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Friday 23 February 2007 12:12, Ross Davis wrote:
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. In terms of package management, here is what I do with 9.3:
1) Copy installation media to file server 2) Periodically mirror updates to file server 3) All client machines have a single installation source: an NFS share on the file server 4) All client machines have a single update source: an NFS share on the file server
Is this same setup possible under 10.2?
Why not? Your configuration is not different for 10.2 than it was for 9.3. The NFS share can have installation repository, update, any other sources that you want to include, that is in YaST 3 or more sources, but it should work fine as it is mirrored on local net, so you should not suffer from timeouts. -- Regards, Rajko. http://en.opensuse.org/Portal -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Ross Davis
I am trying to decide if I am ready to make the jump from SuSE 9.3 Pro to OpenSuSE 10.2. In terms of package management, here is what I do with 9.3:
1) Copy installation media to file server 2) Periodically mirror updates to file server
via rsync?
3) All client machines have a single installation source: an NFS share on the file server 4) All client machines have a single update source: an NFS share on the file server
Is this same setup possible under 10.2?
Yes, should be, Andreas -- Andreas Jaeger, aj@suse.de, http://www.suse.de/~aj/ SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg) Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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