Clayton wrote:
the neighbour(')s(') kids and tell them to try and install the latest and greatest new version of Suse which is about to be foisted on the great unwashed who will spend time (and money) downloading the thing and becoming guinea pigs to be "gotcha"-ed by the little hidden "treasures" inside the OS.
I don't see the issue... it's a Beta 1 release. If everything worked perfectly in a Beta 1 release, it wouldn't be a Beta 1 release... it'd be a formal release. If you're installing 10.2 Beta 1 expecting a fully functioning release, you're in for a nasty shock. Yes, if you're handing this release out to everyone, it's going to fail and rather spectacularly too.
Did you read the info when you installed... it clearly stated it was a Beta version :-)
Here is what the wikipedia, in part, has to say about beta version: QUOTE beta release (pronounced "beetah" or "bayta") usually represents the first version of a computer program that implements all features in the initial software requirements specification. It is likely to be unstable but useful for internal demonstrations and previews to select customers, but not yet ready for release. Some developers refer to this stage as a preview, as a technical preview (TP) or as an early access. UNQUOTE It then goes on to say- QUOTE When a beta becomes available to the general public it is often widely used by the technologically savvy and those familiar with previous versions as though it were the finished product. UNQUOTE
Anyway... hang in there... Beta 2 is due out soon. Maybe the update mechanism will be fixed with Beta 2
Once bitten twice shy :-) . I'll wait till version 11.0, thanks. Cheers. -- I'm dangerous when I know what I'm doing.