From darkway@hotmail.com Thu Jun 25 07:21:44 1998 From: darkway@hotmail.com To: users@lists.opensuse.org Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] What does SuSE stand for? Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 00:21:44 -0700 Message-ID: <19980625072148.18168.qmail@hotmail.com> In-Reply-To: <[S.u.S.E. Linux] What does SuSE stand for?> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============8371391130686734446==" --===============8371391130686734446== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable YEs i agree.SuSE rocks. I tried redhat 5.1 but the install is broken and the tech support is non=20 existent.INfact i sent 4 e-mails in the registered support section and=20 didn't get 1 REPLY!! I think redhat is waaay to commercial to give a dam about makening a=20 decent distro.All my freinds that have run redhat say its pretty screwy=20 and buggy.well SuSE i'm yet to find one hole one bug one anything.The=20 german maybe kinda heh distruptive but hell the book kicks the hell=20 outta the redhat book by far! Great programming and this mailing list rules.So bada boom bada bing=20 hehe=20 >From owner-suse-linux-e(a)suse.com Wed Jun 24 14:49:28 1998 >Received: from localhost (daemon(a)localhost) > by Goldengate.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id OAA11162; > Wed, 24 Jun 1998 14:42:05 -0700 >Received: by Goldengate.suse.com (bulk_mailer v1.5); Wed, 24 Jun 1998=20 14:40:45 -0700 >Received: (from mdom(a)localhost) > by Goldengate.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA11089 > for suse-linux-e-outgoing; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 14:40:45 -0700 >Received: from laplace.dyn.ml.org (tanc(a)h24-64-69-114.cg.wave.shaw.ca=20 [24.64.69.114]) > by Goldengate.suse.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA11085 > for ; Wed, 24 Jun 1998 14:40:43 -0700 >Received: from localhost (tanc(a)localhost) > by laplace.dyn.ml.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA15191; > Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:46:27 -0600 >X-Authentication-Warning: laplace.dyn.ml.org: tanc owned process doing=20 -bs >Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 15:46:27 -0600 (MDT) >From: "C. J. Kenneth Tan" >X-Sender: tanc(a)laplace.dyn.ml.org >To: Howard Arons >cc: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] What does SuSE stand for? >In-Reply-To: <19980624164026.27587(a)BeagleDog> >Message-ID:=20 <Pine.LNX.3.96.980624154137.15186A-100000(a)laplace= .dyn.ml.org> >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=3DUS-ASCII >Sender: owner-suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >Reply-To: suse-linux-e(a)suse.com >X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e > > >I have been using S.u.S.E. Linux since 5.1 and I have been very happy=20 with >it. I don't know that much about the manual because I hate to read >manuals unless I ultimately have to do that. But when I do read it, I >find it very informative. One thing that I have gotten used to with=20 any >Liinux distribution is: don't expect any technical support from the >vendor. So just hope that whatever comes out of the vendor's door is >perfect, or closest to perfect. Then it is up to you to do the rest, >making sure that it works on your machine. It is also when I have to=20 dig >around the system that I leant most. If you think S.u.S.E. is bad, try >Red Hat and you will appreciate how good S.u.S.E. is. =20 > >On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Howard Arons wrote: > >>=20 >> On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 10:54:57AM -0600, nelsen(a)telusplanet.net=20 wrote: >> >=20 >> > It is very easy to >> > install, a bootable CD with self installer. >>=20 >> I agree with that. It is easy to install, YaST is a good sys admin=20 tool, >> and the comm'l distribution (I have SuSE 5.2) has tons of nice apps.=20 BUT, >> see below for the darker side (IMHO). >>=20 >> >If you get the commercial >> > version, I am told that it features a very good handbook and 60=20 days of >> > installation support. >>=20 >> >>=20 >> NOT true, in my (limited, newbie) experience. The manual really=20 pertains, >> at least in part, to versions older that 5.2. Of equal concern is the >> quality of the German -> English translation. Sometimes it's just=20 funny >> but clear, but other times there's no hope of getting the meaning=20 intended. >>=20 >> Technical support is poor to nonexistent, except for the folks (SuSE=20 and >> others) on this list. Phone support isn't toll free (in the US) and=20 is only >> available on Tue and Fri. E-mail support has not worked for me 2 out=20 of 2=20 >> times. >>=20 >> >>=20 >> Howard Arons >> --=20 >> Powered by SuSE Linux 5.2 -- kernel 2.0.33 >> Communications by Mutt 0.89 >> - >> To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >> this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e >>=20 > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- >C. J. Tan >E-mail: cjtan(a)acm.org Telephone: 1-403-220-8038=20 > tanc(a)cuug.ab.ca 1-403-606-4257=20 >URL: http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~tanc> Facsimile: 1-403-284-1= 980 > > "An engineer made programmer is one=20 > who attempts to solve a problem, > A programmer made engineer is one=20 > who knows how to solve a problem." >----------------------------------------------------------------------------= -- > > >- >To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with >this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e > ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com> - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo(a)suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e --===============8371391130686734446==--