On Sun, 2010-08-15 at 15:24 +0200, Radule Šoškić wrote:
1st part -------- I see a lot of list users took my post as a negative and destructive one, and even found me being a troll. I am very deeply sorry for that. I see that many of you will not believe, but my original intention with this post was truly positive. I just took some liberty to disclose two samples of my own experience taken in 6-year time span. I am aware of the main purpose of this list and, being member for a long time long time, I know that ramblings like this are not welcomed by most members. God knows why, I hoped this time it will be different. I hoped the list users will take me as a serious witness of old times,
A 'serious witness' wouldn't compare stable releases to factory installs. That just makes it fallacious.
someone who can give a pretty fair comparison. Indeed, how many of current list users were here in the times of suse 6/7/8/9 ? And, how many of those who were here in that times are not here any more? (Just wandering, no need for an answer.)
I've been using LINUX since 0.99a and Yggdrassil. *Everything* is *vastly* improved. A current GNOME desktop is amazingly stable and production; I manage 200 page documents in Open Office - it has evolved into a fantastic and powerful tool [in the beginning - I was a *paying* user of Star Office all the way back to when it was a product of Star Division - it was, to be kind, frustrating]. GNOME's Evolution organizer is *sweeeeet*. I can't even express how much I love Tomboy. The WebDAV support in GVFS/Nautilus is very good. And no crashes; my machines are rock-solid stable.
I want a stable KDE4 opensuse 11.3 machine that is updated to the latest bug-fixes from the kernel all the way up to the apps like openoffice, mozilla stuff (F-fox and T-bird) and mp3-aware multimedia (audio/video/webcam). And yes I am ready to give up compiz and go for kwin effects.
The "latest bug-fixes" means *no testing*. You'll have problems. Stick with stable repositories. You only subscribe to factory/testing/development repositories if you *enjoy* problems; meaning you shouldn't complain about them.
I am ready to build up one really stable and well behaving installation. I want to get the same experience as all other happy people on the list.
Just install straight 11.3. It is really nice, except for a couple of issues on specific hardware [which have been documented ad-nauseum here].
Could you please, help me with the list of repos that I have to use, besides the ones that come with fresh install. I sincerely want to give it a try.
If you are a KDE user [I'm not] it seems that
http://kdeatopensuse.wordpress.com/2010/08/15/kde-week-26-32/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=laconica contains a lot of information on the new repositories.
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Adam Tauno Williams