Hi Peter, On Monday 06 February 2006 12:32, Peter M. Groen wrote:
It is good to see how many people are willing to help each other on a list like this.
Yes it is. So what is your contribution today? The core problem which instigated this thread was the OP misinterpreting the meaning of 'red' and 'blue' package listings in YaST's Software Management module. You're not trying to blame Novell/SUSE for that, are you? I agree the article *should* have carried a larger and more stern warning, but this is just a single editorial oversight. It certainly isn't fair to cast it as an accurate indicator of the distribution quality or of Novell/SUSE's competence. That's just irrational. You must be mad (as in "angry.") With change comes adaptation and, yes, adjustments can be painful. The distribution is growing and maturing in an organic fashion, making it sometimes difficult to stay on top. And there will always be a learning curve, no matter the platform. So, the traffic on these lists is, by and large, dealing with problems along that curve and finding solutions to them. I think you will have a hard time finding a list where everybody is posting frequent "Just letting everybody know my system is still running great! I'll post to the problem list if one crops up!" Do you know of such a list? Of course not! With these factors in mind, I think your "don't use SuSE for your every day work" proposition is pure rubbish! I use SUSE for everything, including my every day work, excepting of course a couple of applications where no comparable Linux/OSS packages are available. The rest of the time, I honestly feel very sorry for people stuck running other systems, even other Linux distributions. I think to myself "They don't know what they're missing! What a beautiful piece of engineering... a work of art... and love!" So please keep this kind of whining to the OT list, if you must vent. bye, Carl