I hate to have to say this about 7.1 but...

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Steven T. Hatton

27 Feb 2001 27 Feb '01

22:49

SuSE have really put themselves in a fix. I don't see how they will ever put out another distribution that will match the magnitude of improvement in organization and concept that they have achieved in this release. I was _NOT_ expecting anything this nice. The organization of YaST2 is simply incredible. More importantly it is clearly nothing but a foundation for future improvement. "Job well done doesn't" come close to assessing how I feel about this latest release. The people at SuSE who have been watching me rant for the past few week must have been biting their tongues and laughing their butts off at me. They already got the message. I have the feeling there is much more yet to be discovered. I can't wait till this thing gets wrapped up in the KDE2.1. You folks who are trying to save a few pennies by waiting for the download are really missing out. It's better than you might expect. {;-)> Thanks again SuSE, Steve

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Ken Hughes

27 Feb 27 Feb

23:01

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"Steven T. Hatton" wrote:

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SuSE have really put themselves in a fix. I don't see how they will ever put out another distribution that will match the magnitude of improvement in organization and concept that they have achieved in this release. I was _NOT_ expecting anything this nice. The organization of YaST2 is simply incredible. More importantly it is clearly nothing but a foundation for future improvement.

"Job well done doesn't" come close to assessing how I feel about this latest release. The people at SuSE who have been watching me rant for the past few week must have been biting their tongues and laughing their butts off at me. They already got the message. I have the feeling there is much more yet to be discovered. I can't wait till this thing gets wrapped up in the KDE2.1.

You folks who are trying to save a few pennies by waiting for the download are really missing out. It's better than you might expect. {;-)>

I second this. The graphical lilo is a nice touch too! Ken -- "We can build a better product than Linux..." -- Microsoft VP Jim Allchin

wilson＠claborn.net

23:21

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At 03:01 PM 2/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:

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I second this. The graphical lilo is a nice touch too!

Aye aye! No kidding. SuSE, would you please consider adding a progress patch? Like the one that' sbeen done for Stormix and Debian? It would be so cute to have geeko walk across your screen, or get bigger or something, as the system boots up. For those that don't know what I'm talking about, the "progress patch" is an option kernel module (not in the main kernel tree) that shows a GUI while botting. All the text messages that we're used to seeing are simply written to the second console instead of the first (so if you want to see them you can just hit [ALT]+[F2]) It would be a really nice finishing touch, especially after that nice new lilo :-) Would you please even consider adding it as an "update" to 7.1, so that I don't have to wait 4 months for it? :-) Pretty please with cherries on top. Ok, I'm getting really childish here..... hehe, oh well, ya gotta let the kid inside ya come out once in a while :-)

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---------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com Central Texas IT http://www.centraltexasit.com

Michael Perry

23:04

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Quoting Steven T. Hatton on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 05:49:53PM -0500:

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SuSE have really put themselves in a fix. I don't see how they will ever put out another distribution that will match the magnitude of improvement in organization and concept that they have achieved in this release. I was _NOT_ expecting anything this nice. The organization of YaST2 is simply incredible. More importantly it is clearly nothing but a foundation for future improvement.

"Job well done doesn't" come close to assessing how I feel about this latest release. The people at SuSE who have been watching me rant for the past few week must have been biting their tongues and laughing their butts off at me. They already got the message. I have the feeling there is much more yet to be discovered. I can't wait till this thing gets wrapped up in the KDE2.1.

You folks who are trying to save a few pennies by waiting for the download are really missing out. It's better than you might expect. {;-)>

Thanks again SuSE,

Steve

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I have SuSE 7.1 pro running on three systems now. A dell laptop and two self-builts. The laptop is, believe it or not, the easiest one. Everything works on it without much tweaking. Its a little Dell Ls ultralight. The self-builts have 384mb with amd chips. The last version of SuSE I installed was 7.0. I don't upgrade my stuff ever; so I just blast everything away and put new stuff on it. AFter I do the basic installation though, I rarely use the cd's again. Just as rarely do I use YAST or SAX. My feeling about 7.1 is that it is very nice and with the desktop + workstation installation, I have gone about my way self-compiling this and that, removing KDE and installing some gnome stuff, updating windowmaker, etc. Of all the ones I have seen, 7.1 seems up there in terms of use and functionality. The ability to have reiserfs, the patched 2.4 kernel, and X4 all combine to make a nice toolkit. I do have some fond memories of SuSE 5.0 though :) Thanks SuSE! -- Michael Perry mperry@tsoft.com ------------------

nevada

23:20

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Michael Perry wrote:

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Quoting Steven T. Hatton on Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 05:49:53PM -0500:

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SuSE have really put themselves in a fix. I don't see how they will ever put out another distribution that will match the magnitude of improvement in organization and concept that they have achieved in this release. I was _NOT_ expecting anything this nice. The organization of YaST2 is simply incredible. More importantly it is clearly nothing but a foundation for future improvement.

"Job well done doesn't" come close to assessing how I feel about this latest release. The people at SuSE who have been watching me rant for the past few week must have been biting their tongues and laughing their butts off at me. They already got the message. I have the feeling there is much more yet to be discovered. I can't wait till this thing gets wrapped up in the KDE2.1.

You folks who are trying to save a few pennies by waiting for the download are really missing out. It's better than you might expect. {;-)>

Thanks again SuSE,

Steve

Agree with you completely Steve. Now everybody lets give the Suse team a standing round of applause. Nevada

wilson＠claborn.net

23:32

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At 03:20 PM 2/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:

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Now everybody lets give the Suse team a standing round of applause.

Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Whistle and shout! ---------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Wilson System Administrator Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com Central Texas IT http://www.centraltexasit.com

Avi Schwartz

23:27

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Poor Jerry Kreps, looks lke he is the only one having major problems with 7.1. :-( Hey Jerry, any progress? Avi --On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 05:32:09 PM -0600 Jonathan Wilson wrote:

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At 03:20 PM 2/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:

...
Now everybody lets give the Suse team a standing round of applause.

Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cla p, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Whistle and shout!

-- Avi Schwartz Get a Life, avi@CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux!

Jerry Kreps

28 Feb 28 Feb

01:41

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Nothing a brain transplant wouldn't solve... care to make a donation? ;-) JLK On Tuesday 27 February 2001 17:27, Avi Schwartz wrote:

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Poor Jerry Kreps, looks lke he is the only one having major problems with 7.1. :-(

Hey Jerry, any progress?

Avi

--On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 05:32:09 PM -0600 Jonathan Wilson

wrote:

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At 03:20 PM 2/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:

...
Now everybody lets give the Suse team a standing round of applause.

Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Whistle and shout!

Avi Schwartz

01:48

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Sure, care to give us your bank account number 8-) Avi (hoping that the 7,1 install made Jerry so exhausted that he will give him his bank acount number).... --On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 07:41:40 PM -0600 Jerry Kreps wrote:

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Nothing a brain transplant wouldn't solve... care to make a donation? ;-) JLK

On Tuesday 27 February 2001 17:27, Avi Schwartz wrote:

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Poor Jerry Kreps, looks lke he is the only one having major problems with 7.1. :-(

Hey Jerry, any progress?

Avi

--On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 05:32:09 PM -0600 Jonathan Wilson

wrote:

...
At 03:20 PM 2/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:

...
Now everybody lets give the Suse team a standing round of applause.

Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Whistle and shout!

-- Avi Schwartz Get a Life, avi@CFFtechnologies.com Get Linux!

Jerry Kreps

03:02

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mmmm.... tempting! ;-) (which should tell you there is not enough in it to worry about.... My daughter has a 'pumpkin' on the way and my wife and I started a "pumpkin" account for our spare change.) JLK On Tuesday 27 February 2001 19:48, Avi Schwartz wrote:

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Sure, care to give us your bank account number 8-)

Avi (hoping that the 7,1 install made Jerry so exhausted that he will give him his bank acount number)....

--On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 07:41:40 PM -0600 Jerry Kreps

wrote:

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Nothing a brain transplant wouldn't solve... care to make a donation? ;-) JLK

On Tuesday 27 February 2001 17:27, Avi Schwartz wrote:

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Poor Jerry Kreps, looks lke he is the only one having major problems with 7.1. :-(

Hey Jerry, any progress?

Avi

--On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 05:32:09 PM -0600 Jonathan Wilson

wrote:

...
At 03:20 PM 2/27/2001 -0800, you wrote:

...
Now everybody lets give the Suse team a standing round of applause.

Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cl ap, Clap,Cla p, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cl ap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cl ap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cl ap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Cl ap, Clap,Cla p,Clap, Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Clap,Whistle and shout!

Matthew

27 Feb 27 Feb

23:14

New subject: [SLE] I hate to have to say this about 7.1 but...

Ok.. This is now getting really annoying :-). I have not got mine yet, gosh darn it! Now I wish I had it more than ever. Is it worth installing the 2.4 Kernel from 7.1 and then upgrading to 2.4.2? Well, I cannot believe the response thus far...Yeah if you have not put KDE 2.1 on yet then you are in for a surprise too, because that rocks... Matt On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Steven T. Hatton wrote:

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SuSE have really put themselves in a fix. I don't see how they will ever put out another distribution that will match the magnitude of improvement in organization and concept that they have achieved in this release. I was _NOT_ expecting anything this nice. The organization of YaST2 is simply incredible. More importantly it is clearly nothing but a foundation for future improvement.

"Job well done doesn't" come close to assessing how I feel about this latest release. The people at SuSE who have been watching me rant for the past few week must have been biting their tongues and laughing their butts off at me. They already got the message. I have the feeling there is much more yet to be discovered. I can't wait till this thing gets wrapped up in the KDE2.1.

You folks who are trying to save a few pennies by waiting for the download are really missing out. It's better than you might expect. {;-)>

Thanks again SuSE,

Steve

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Ken Hughes

23:33

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Matthew wrote:

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Ok..

This is now getting really annoying :-). I have not got mine yet, gosh darn it! Now I wish I had it more than ever.

I know what you mean. It was almost unbearable to see all the "I just got it! Wow this is cool!!!" posts before this morning. I won't say it's worth the wait because I hate it when people tell me that...;^)

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Well, I cannot believe the response thus far...Yeah if you have not put KDE 2.1 on yet then you are in for a surprise too, because that rocks...

Most def! I'm not a big KDE fan (WindowMaker rulez!), but I was thoroughly impressed by it.

...

Matt

Ken -- "We can build a better product than Linux..." -- Microsoft VP Jim Allchin

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