On Tuesday 22 August 2006 10:13, John Andersen wrote:
I had no problem with the CPU issue, but I did discover a minor kubuntu failing: arbitrarily using ext3, without so much as a by your leave.
This isn't arbitrary, it turns out: i switched my / to xfs and then, at the end of the install process, kubuntu warned me that grub won't always install on XFS and they offer Lilo as an alternative. i tried it anyway and it didn't work, so i had to install all over again to format / as ext3 so grub would work.
I found Adept just as easy to use as Synaptic.
Easier, IMO.
There are other minor annoyances, but nothing glaring. Kbuntu is an excellent entry lever linux Distro that can grow with the user. Its worth every cent you paid for it.
For those with a flatrate line, that means "it costs the same as your time to install it was worth to you."
I'm disparately hopeing 10.2 is better, and 10.3 is as slick as snot on a gold tooth, as I have come to expect of the .2 and .3 packages. But if not, I have my bail-out....
i'll give it until 10.2. If it's not as good as, say 9.3 or 10.0 was, then i'm out.
Adept, synaptic and apt were designed from the ground up as network based installers that could used DVDs in a pinch. I get the impression that using network repositories with Yast was bolted on after the fact more in support of patches than any strong intent that everything be installed across the net.
True, but yast has been around since before DSL lines existed. In Europe (suse's home), DSL was adopted relatively late compared to the U.S., so they made it primarily usable for CD/DVD installations. Getting DSL in Europe (at least in Germany) is still a hassle - it's almost a rule that you have to wait 6-8 weeks for the installation of your DSL service after you order it. The only exception, AFAIK, is if you get your DSL from Deutsch Telekom, which had a monopoly on the phone market until 1997 or 1998, and still runs most of the phone lines. -- ----- stephan@s11n.net http://s11n.net "...pleasure is a grace and is not obedient to the commands of the will." -- Alan W. Watts