On Wed, 09 Dec 1998, you wrote:
According to this test: <A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,375002,00.html"><A HREF="http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,375002,00.html</A">http://www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/news/0,4153,375002,00.html</A</A>> it is harder to install SuSE 5.3 than RedHat 5.2 This surprises me.
Here's the quote:
In tests of Office Suite 99 on a 200MHz Pentium-based desktop PC, PC Week Labs found installation of the operating system to be considerably harder than installation of Red Hat Linux 5.2 (see review). Hardware auto-detection was practically nonexistent, forcing us to configure hardware components individually.
zdnet is eyeball deep in FUD. if you'll notice, they say that it's harder to install, and yet give no specifics. if you follow the link to their redhat review, you'll find another 'gosh, it's swell for hackers, but not good enough for the public' article. one of these days, they are going to be forced to do a review of a system using kde...i'm sure they'll be able to produce a nauseating article then, too, complaining about the shortage of system sounds or something. from the tones of the articles, they are starting to scramble for things to complain about, though... -derek "Winter's hateful battle raging on, Rocket's flying towards the glowing sun, Pollution fills the land, the air, and sea, Man prepares to meet his destiny...." Into the Void--Black Sabbath - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>