On 06/19/2010 03:53 AM, Duaine Hechler wrote:
Well, okay, let's put it this way.
My brother-in-law wanted to try Linux for the FIRST time - Internet, OpenOffice and thats about it.
When I downloaded and installed 11.2 / KDE ? (from the download).
Crash after crash, lockup....
He wanted it pulled and gone back to windows, then I said let me go back to 11.1 - installed it (base "downloaded" DVD) and happy ever since.
So, if 11.2 has to be constantly be tweaked then I'm (and he) are staying on 11.1 for quite a while.
I'm my eyes, 11.2 is still in the beta cycle - unless it can be installed and - solidly working - just like 11.1
Duaine
Ok, Duaine, I am happy to hear that 11.1 is working good on your brother-in-law his machine. Contrary to the experience of other people, your brother-in-law can work happily with 11.1. As wise man said before: if it ain't broken, just don't touch it. It might be a combination of CPU, other resident hardware and memory which causes the problem that 11.2 will not work properly. Don't forget that openSuse - whatever version - is just a snapshot of that moment. It cannot and will not be tested on all kinds of systems extensively due to time constrains and/or lack of community feedback. If you like some experimentation, just install the 11.3 version when it becomes available. Just like Windows or MAC OSX, every OpenSuse release harbors some problems too. So, nothing is perfect and some deficiencies will show themselves regardless of what version or brand you are using. Again, I had issues with the 11.1 release and not with the 11.0 or 11.2 release. Hm, not quite true: On one single machine 11.0 was troublesome but 11.1 did work without a hitch. Frans. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org