This are the first observations on the direction openSuSE seems to be taking that echoes a concern of mine. Although it vigorously denied there is increasing emphasis on the home user desktop and a benign neglect of other areas elsewhere,
I'm an IT professional, just upgraded to openSUSE 11.2, and I do not feel neglected at all. 11.2 is a solid update over 11.1
I am personally not really interested in much of the multi-media and desktop 'bells and whistles', but more in having a developmental and research environment (with a bit of personal admin stuff). The tendency to force the user away from the 'gubbins' which makes things work in newer desktops is often more a hindrance than a help in this context.
If you enjoy floundering about in the nitty gritty of how things work then maybe Gentoo is more your speed.
I can see the both sides of the ssh/sshd argument. I think what we really need is probably a restore to the concept of a professional configuration for the technically literate and a basic user configuration for the M$ refugees and not so literate. Installing 11.1 from scratch when one you knew what you wanted was possible but unnecessarily time consuming (at this moment 11.2 looks like something I will skip).
11.2 when in like warm butter and everything just worked the way one would expect things on a desktop to work. Sweet! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org