Rajko M. wrote:
On Wednesday 22 August 2007 04:39:48 am Basil Chupin wrote:
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The CDs downloaded from the SuSE site do not contain mc or the kernel source or nano (pico IS there) - which is not what was the situation in the past.
I cannot do without mc (the file manager of my choice),and the kernel source is ESSENTIAL to be able to install the nVidia driver.
The mc is for me essential tool too, and that is the reason why I configured Factory repositories. It is not big deal as they are already included, just enable them. I can't expect that every package that I like can find place on CD.
I expect, as anyone else trying out OpenSuSe (10.3 beta1 as an example), to download what has been officially stated as being available for download as SuSE vx.x betax to be installable and workable. Because YOU know about "Factory repositories" doesn't mean that anyone else should know about them, and use this knowledge to make get things working. What ARE "Factory repositories" and where are they mentioned, or 'instructions' given to be able to access them when installing, say, the beta of 10.3? If additional, specialised, knowledge is required to "make things work" then they should be specifically mentioned at the time of release.
Some beta bugs are annoying, but, as others mentioned, it is a beta.
Previous betas did not have these problems. So why now?
Well, how long it takes to accept that openSUSE is changing to give single CD installation with usable desktop for new users. Ubuntu/Kubuntu has no mc either and not many feel that as defect.
Eh, Rajko, I don't give a tinkers' cuss about what Ubuntu/Kubuntu, or whatever, have or have not :-) . I care about SuSE, what it always had in the past, and the way it is being denigrated a step at a time in recent times :-( .
BTW, The console and mc are tools used by experienced users that should not have trouble to download one more package. Ce?
Why should I, or anyone, need to download them as "one more package" (from where? the Factory repository which is not mentioned?) when it was always there to be installed on the CD/DVD downloadable as a SuSE alpha/beta/release? Cheers. -- Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org