I wonder how many people will skip SuSE-6.4 and wait for the Linux-2.4/XFree-4.0/KDE-2.0 distro which will follow it (SuSE-7.0?)? I can't see a compelling reason for me to upgrade my boxes with another minor release.
I agree wholeheartedly. In fact, I think SuSE would be better off to abandon 6.4 entirely, wait for a month or so, and go with 7.0 and all the goodies. About the only people who will get 6.4 are those who get every new release as a matter of principle and those who are getting their first SuSE system.
It'll be more than a month or so. Linux-2.4 is still 3 or 4 months away at best. There's loads of work to do on that, and Linus will test it under a code freeze for at least a couple of months. KDE-2.0 is at least the same time frame away. That's not in code freeze yet either. My guess is, tho, that the next SuSE after 6.4 will be Linux-2.4 and KDE-2 based. As you say, there hardly seems any point to 6.4, let alone a 6.5. Of course, we don't know all the facts. I suspect big improvements to YaST2 will be in 6.4 and SuSE will be looking to run those in a bit. My feeling is that the 7.x generation distros will be the ones to really wake up the desktop users. Another 6-8 months and the installers will be better, we will have a faster filesystem as standard (ReiserFS will become the defacto standard for big disks I reckon), we will have significantly faster and better graphics with the new XFree, a better StarOffice, and GNOME and, in particular, KDE-2, will match or beat the competition. Users will try it, then start to insist that app writers port to Linux. If the Wine library works by then - and I think it will because Corel's Perfect Office 2000 is out in a couple of months - those apps will arrive. -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/