Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (2407 mails)

[gracchus@xxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Snell)]

Michael Hasenstein wrote:
> 
> Mike wrote:
> 
> You'd probably want the upgrade version, which is the prof. edition with
> no manuals.
> 
> --
> Michael Hasenstein
> http://www.suse.de/~mha/

I cut my Linux teeth on SuSE over three years ago, and over that
timeframe I just keep coming back to SuSE, having tried out every other
distro out there.  SuSE has consistently not only improved their product
but, moreso than other distros, seems to keep a trained eye on quality
control and stability for the overall package.  I've built boxen that
Windows couldn't run properly on, I've recently tried Mandrake again
(7.1) and the graphical install just kept freezing up (not to mention
the fact that many apps seem to run unstable on a carefully configured
Athlon box), and in all cases, with every box I've built, SuSE ran like
a dream.  

Not to say there isn't some self-configuration involved, but that's to
be expected with any distro and that's what brought most of us to Linux
in the first place.  What I've always enjoyed about SuSE is that the
configuration tools and scripts are logically structured and
well-documented (well, maybe I've grown accustomed to YaST ;-)....YaST2
just doesn't thrill me yet); I've really never ran into a problem that I
couldn't solve by reading the documentation or asking on this list or
just poking around til I fixed it.  

I like the idea of an upgrade package for the Professional
version...just what those of us who *have* to buy every version have
been looking for.  We probably have too many manuals anyway (time to
recycle!), so why not save some trees?? ;-)  Looking forward to the
Professional upgrade version here in the States.  Thanks again, SuSE!

Tom Snell


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