On Friday 01 April 2011 08:47:32 David Haller wrote:
- openSUSE is (for me increasingly sadly, I hate "automatisms") not as malleable as gentoo. *ARGH*! Just now, there's a really "bad" idea popping into my mind[2]
To me, with OBS and Studio, openSUSE is malleable to a far wider audience at the distro-customisation-by-package-selection and preconfiguration level. I grant you that it's not as simple to reconfigure compilation en masse as with Gentoo's use flags.
- openSUSE is ... well, SUSE Live-CDs exist, haven't used one though in years
You should try one of our Live images out if you haven't used one since the days of static LiveCDs where you'd try out a distro that then throw away in favour of a DVD. Simple to dd to a fast USB stick (unlike Ubuntu) gives a performant system, then persistent hybrid filesystems make them useful as a portable install, plus they can be used as an install medium that, if you have bandwidth, has no disadvantages to a DVD installation. In summary, for new users in parts of the world with fast internet connections, Live CDs should be the main introduction to the distro. Will -- Will Stephenson, KDE Developer, openSUSE Boosters Team SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org