On Wednesday 15 July 2009 10:18:23 am Dan Goodman wrote:
And regardles of whatever else anyone else thinks about Peter's attitude and/or spelling and/or choice of style to express himself, he is advocating strongly for what all of should want, and what many of us perceive as an emerging issue -- the decline in quality of the distro, for whatever reason.
You know that style gives first impression.
SuSE Linux has enjoyed a solid rep as a solid distro for a long time. And that perception is being threatened by a relatively small number of things that are being done "for the good of the whole" by a few. ... I am still using this distro, but I have become increasingly reluctant to recommend it to potential new Linux users, at least until a few of these quality of experience issues get resolved.
You are not alone. I made yet another Ubuntu user because: - I can't solve bootloader installation problem, that didn't appear in Ubuntu. Bug is already filed and still NEW, but as it is on installation medium, there is no much point to do anything before 11.2 (or respin DVD), - Can't risk that simple update break Xorg (HP Laptop with everything Intel inside), like it happened on an earlier installation.
Is having a few more testers for a package worth alienating potential and current users?
I think not....
+1
Quality NOW should always be the first point of reference for anything done with, for and by this distro...without it, all else is meaningless and self-defeating, as you will end up with only a small core of dedicated users, with others, current and future users, going RH or Ubuntu? ... You cannot sacrifice quality now in order to obtain better quality in the future. If you do, you are risking the future, rather than building towards it.
+1 -- Regards, Rajko http://news.opensuse.org/category/people-of-opensuse/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org