Greetings everyone, I'm doing a short little presentation (on behalf of our Linux user's group) on SuSE Linux to a local Unix Users Group. I'm looking for points specific to SuSE that might be of interest to Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, etc.) users. In your replies, please consider me relatively novice in most regards. I've dabbled a bit with OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris. I've been a SuSE user for about 6 happy months now (and not turning back), and have used Linux for about 2-3 years now. If you have any ideas for good points to mention, please fire them off. Marcel
On Wed, 2002-02-13 at 23:35, Marcel Lecker wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I'm doing a short little presentation (on behalf of our Linux user's group) on SuSE Linux to a local Unix Users Group.
I'm looking for points specific to SuSE that might be of interest to Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, etc.) users.
In your replies, please consider me relatively novice in most regards. I've dabbled a bit with OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris. I've been a SuSE user for about 6 happy months now (and not turning back), and have used Linux for about 2-3 years now.
If you have any ideas for good points to mention, please fire them off.
Marcel
To me as an AIX and HP-UX user, the most interesting thing about SuSE over other Linuxes is the fact that the logical volume manager is available during the install, and that it works very well. The Linux LVM is almost identical to the HP-UX system in terms of commands you run, functionality, etc, and is pretty similar to the AIX system. Also, the latest 2.4 kernels support the AIX JFS filesystem, though why you would want this over reiserfs I have no idea :) Ewan
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 04:35:52PM -0700, Marcel Lecker wrote:
If you have any ideas for good points to mention, please fire them off.
Marcel
There are a few big points for me: 1. encrypted file system support in kernel and file utils (adding it manually can take quite some time). 2. gcc 2.95.3, no funky custom Red Hat compiler that breaks things. 3. automatic dependency completion for programs installed by YaST from original media. 4. YaST2 in general (although it is a little intrusive in some areas). 5. the whole thing is well engineered like a BMW. 6. more apps for your money. Best Regards, Keith -- LPIC-2, MCSE, N+ wielder of vi(m), an ancient and powerful magic pteranadon smiles at me and flies up to god -- d.w.
On 13 Feb 2002, Marcel Lecker wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I'm doing a short little presentation (on behalf of our Linux user's group) on SuSE Linux to a local Unix Users Group.
I'm looking for points specific to SuSE that might be of interest to Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, etc.) users.
In your replies, please consider me relatively novice in most regards. I've dabbled a bit with OpenBSD, FreeBSD and Solaris. I've been a SuSE user for about 6 happy months now (and not turning back), and have used Linux for about 2-3 years now.
If you have any ideas for good points to mention, please fire them off.
There are several reasons why I use SuSE. Firstly, SuSE is the most LSB-compliant [1] distribution out there. RedHat will be by the end of the year. Secondly, SuSE is (arguably, of course) the overall most secure distribution, as demonstrated by LWN.net research [2]. Security announcements are free (and digitally signed), and so are the updates [3]. Thirdly, YaST2 is one of the best all-around system configuration utilities. As another poster pointed out, you can even set up an encrypted filesystem on initial setup. YaST2 also has a Linux Volume Management module. Fourthly, Professional comes with 6 CD's worth of binary software, and it's always up-to-date. The entire distribution is nicely polished. The manuals that come with SuSE are widely considered to be the best of any distribution. 90 days of tech support doesn't hurt either [4]. Fifthly, I like the fact that SuSE is not opposed to proprietary software [6]. Demos of IBM's DB2 and VMware are available from the CDs, and that's a great plus. Also, SuSE is the only Linux distribution certified to run the Oracle database [7]. SuSE was (is?) the primarly sponsor of not only reiserfs, but also LVM [5]. They should receive financial if for no other reason. [1] http://www.linuxbase.org/test/results/ [2] http://lwn.net/2002/0207/ [3] http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/updates/index.html [4] http://www.suse.de/en/products/suse_linux/i386/index.html [5] http://www.suse.com/en/support/oracle/features.html, http://www.namesys.com [6] http://www.suse.com/en/products/index.html [7] http://www.suse.com/en/support/oracle/sles.html -- Karol Pietrzak PGP KeyID: 3A1446A0
Marcel Lecker wrote:
Greetings everyone,
I'm doing a short little presentation (on behalf of our Linux user's group) on SuSE Linux to a local Unix Users Group.
I'm looking for points specific to SuSE that might be of interest to Unix (Solaris, HP-UX, AIX, BSD, etc.) users.
Probably the thing that Solaris etc. users would notice the most is the ease of installation. SuSE has a beautiful graphic install that is very easy to deal with, and you can do the partitioning and everything right in this install program. Most hardware including video chipsets is automatically detected. Also, SuSE is known as the most complete distribution; the Pro version comes on 7 CDs and a DVD (install from either) and has something like 1500 packages. When I hear about some cool Linux app, the first place I look for it is on the install CDs, 'cause it's probably there. And they make frequent updates available on their FTP site, including new kernels. There is also a free online update program: you just fire it up, and it connects to the SuSE FTP site and recommends packages for update (including security patches), then automatically installs the ones you selected. -- ======================================================= Glenn Holmer (gholmer@ameritech.net) ------------------------------------------------------- Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. (In his house at R'lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.) ------------------------------------------------------- -H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu", 1926 =======================================================
On Thursday 14 February 2002 05:52 am, Glenn Holmer wrote:
Also, SuSE is known as the most complete distribution; the Pro version comes on 7 CDs and a DVD (install from either) and has something like 1500 packages. When I hear about some cool Linux app, the first place
According to the 7.3 box, "over 2,300 packages"
I look for it is on the install CDs, 'cause it's probably there. And
I selected, possibly unwisely as far as performance goes, "install almost everything" so I look on my hard-disk for cool programs first; and usually find them. :-)
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