-----Original Message----- From: owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On">mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On</A> Behalf Of jonathan@aracnet.net Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 1998 9:58 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: RE: [S.u.S.E. Linux] SuSE 5.3?
On 09-Jun-98 Steven Udell wrote:
Why SuSE 5.3?
I can't imagine what the differences that SuSE 5.3 will have over 5.2 SuSE.
Packages, man! I see SuSE as the leader in packages, your average user will probably use 100f the packages, but it differs for each person. For example, I'll be anxious to see the latest KDE, I may get involved with JDK 1.2 (when available), gotta have XFMail 1.3, hope someday they see the unquestionable superiority of FetchPOP over anything else (insert smiley here), a Wine package that fixes what got broken from 5.1 to 5.2, up-to-date sources and docs... ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
There's enough reason to stay subscribed and I will boldly say even to have an interim release before glibc2. As long as it keeps packages a) up to date and b) adds new packages.
Now we need some sort of hard-drive subscription program...
I would really like not to be the "last one on the block" to be able to use one new feature such as glibc2.
I'm ANXIOUSLY/impatiently awaiting it so I can use KPilot.
I would very much like to figure out how to tweak my current box to support the now linux standard of glibc2. Everything is going that way, why wait.
For us hackish types, I strongly agree. I can't let well enough alone on my machine. If something works, time to break it!
..however...
If you wanted to set up an enterprise level server, grab a solid release and STAY with it. I feel I could confidently recommend SuSE 5.x in a corporate environment but if they rush a new technology into it, I wouldn't.
There is a glibc-HOWTO though, so you can add it yourself. I skimmed it, but haven't the guts to try (yet).
Linux is for testing/haveing fun/tweaking/hacking you name it.
Partly, yes! (This is my main use of it) Once tested, though, put it to work, and boy, will it work.
Kernel 2.0.34 is out and stable from what I have heard, SuSE "heavly - patches" thier Kernels, so in waiting for SuSE to update thier ftp site with .34, I am wonder what they patch exacly to make it thier own version
Good question. I presumed mostly security?
So does SuSE have a wish list, to like make comments on what they should have on a up-and-comming distro of thiers? if so where do I find it?
Yeah, and is FetchPOP on it yet?
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Psst! How big (in filesize) is the kernel +source? I'm stuck with an anemic 33.6 modem. Is it a .rpm package, or? Ken Schuller Network Systems Specialist (and proud SuSE 5.2 user) NovaNET Learning, Inc. -- To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e