14 Mar
2003
14 Mar
'03
07:36
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 14 March 2003 01:18 am, Johnny Ernst Nielsen wrote: > Good day Curtis, > > Thank you very much for a good and positive and informing post about > 8.2 beta. :o) > > Perhaps you can enlighten us with a few specific things? > > Did you get around Mozilla? > If so, has the Mozilla-Java thing been fixed? > In 8.1 the Java plugin Mozilla downloaded would not work, because > SuSEs Mozilla was compiled with GCC 3, and the plugin was compiled > with GCC 2.95 - From my experience the java and flash plugins work as they should. I usually test it at various sites, such as nvidia. It renders their page just like it should. I don't think the issue with the compliers is a problem. Since everything out of the box is compiled with the same version. > > Have you been around YOU? > If so, does it pick up where it left off if a downlload fails? > In 8.1 YOU starts all over downloading everything again - also what > has already been downloaded. > > How is YOU speed? > Many have reported that they find YOU in 8.1 terribly slow. > You has been improved. It is streamlined more and they just updated the ftp sites. If you pick the new ones then you should see an improvement (ymmv). I have a cable modem and a fairly fat 1.5 mbps downstream pipe, so those on modem/phone or ISDN - well I don't know if the difference is noticable or not. Also, theres a new program called "SuSE watcher" that sits in the panel. It watches for updates and lets you know - if you open it you can poll the server and it will give a list of any updates so you can see if any pertain to your needs. Also, YOU has a save state option. One may save it or refuse it - though I believe it was in the previous version - I am farily confident that this was also looked into. > Best regards :o) > > Johnny :o) > > Fredag den 14. marts 2003 06:06 kvad Curtis Rey: > > Beta testing has closed. It went very well and it was determined > > that the last series of the test were unneeded due to the fact that > > the last beta went so well. It has some new features, and has the > > new things such as X4.3, kde3.1 and a few others integrated. From > > my personal experience I found 8.2 to be a combination of the > > previous two releases with more polish and refinements. YaST seems > > to be better integrated and little more comprehensive. The new > > kernel has more drivers (actually quite a few more) and IMHO is > > also a more polished kerenl. Furthermore, IIRC there are some > > features in the kernal the might be from 2.5 that were in a stable > > state before the freeze (I would need to check this to be certain). > > The kernel has new "user" space stuff - like frequency scaling > > (new to the best of my knowledge - Im sure if its not someone will > > correct me). I also see now mobile processor mods, speedstep mods, > > transmeta mods, two parameters for mem support - mine says 4GB High > > mem support and 3GB user address space size, and other things like > > mapping drivers for chip access appears to be extend. You'll > > probably want to check out the changelog to see any diffs. > > > > Nvidia drivers are still somewhat of a pain in the ass, but what's > > new. I do think that Nvidia will be releasing an installer, but I > > have yet to see anything on their site - I do keep my eyes open > > though. > > > > Like I told another, It's not like fireworks go off in you back > > yard and a flock of blondes with beers and brats will show up at > > your door, but it's a nice upgrade IMHO. I personally will have no > > hesitation about opening my wallet to buy 8.2 - but then that's > > just me. Undoubtedly, there will be those that will think the new > > version is great and those that may be less than enthusiastic about > > it. I can only give my personal opinion. I guess it depends upon > > one's expectations and needs. > > > > Cheers, Curtis :) - -- - -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) mQGiBD5TsKcRBACXc11nz+pdunhZ1XBCoFB8SO06Hnvm+e3zJRG3XNkpatvQpKzc 67FmMDDtI+menX9BBLEZ05U7SYkHNfKER96nPXmoO4jL0KFZxYmhizXnVvZYSXpU cXNQa1ABWq6WgHOyeYLREjarZSgtWBluJ0tEB13ptneRjCjacvxrzKCGXwCg7wvt Wae/N25itO1t5hQ0+w/pXl0EAJJIGuTSEHrG2GxSx73Q2Ib6cDYhYMWYyAaG52iE wPZDJ7HO9aPfgPayetwXRjMnrnIQAZSMd/SVmEYRox8Z1X+oACm6KWLumq70UsMP 5K1Zlqe5HSIcfbsyhMvV5xWMRItqEYuuGaC9iqysycvHHfRIec55qEAQZ8yKYqCh 6S8GA/wOBdC8TtE0tvh6QUqHXlRtWXT6Bq0g2/G/eyIEJ+dx8WM6WE/qMlhAA1vE 2nxNQ4HPo4CQnIgVv3ZA6E7a2eetQB7znC1QJJ4jzfklpd3gODBeBmbq548dgwAi g8Ge9y6EFpfErkI/Nn1pwShdR3P+L+vTPVnDUgfZETufSe7ZYbQeQ3VydGlzIFJl eSA8Y3JyZXlAY2hhcnRlci5uZXQ+iFkEExECABkFAj5TsKcECwcDAgMVAgMDFgIB Ah4BAheAAAoJEO1lS4g66npLZ4UAn2vDDYbNL8m0lCgRefbuv/+exZhLAKCEr7EH xF/zq5kR1wxkFpgGLLjnZrkBDQQ+U7CoEAQA6/LnK6yXDAUTelM0Q+YUvwxzYMaf eWAzLIxkms8pu7r4R5S9RqcLJAOjpeMcMpw5AW7F9Xr2JUOvy5snaEYOw8UEAGAf ZZwecXhuuWyA0mj3oCBnH1vhiPj/F1Ft0LPjuYf2I5VtnP+s6/qq6eH6AgEXa2lr QgdFvl/vkApk6B8AAwUD/0YmJAFb+ptU6VzWR3Pzy6Uow/Bsqi6UPT8+g4Nj31q/ zY2+kFxHVkWOELlHQYfNhbmK8XCG9rj4S7wuWy804oDnN9NNpP4Yx2S04nYJx1an NHqTUheJjq1AteVHmjKRGhEyct9WdXIcN5+lbAmTn34HbJkFnxTZu84doCOTNbjR iEYEGBECAAYFAj5TsKgACgkQ7WVLiDrqekv1+QCeIa94/uImG9o/IJ8nCY8w2aoe +jwAoM1e6VVCroJ1RUPC+xMgpHVILL+c =WL2Z - -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+cYaQ7WVLiDrqeksRAsC7AKDevHFfWkO04Gi8ovgcVVSVJOBLKgCePNhU Wjzd2x+g5DZ9UEutkwmSNHs= =GY8N -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----