Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] What does SuSE stand for?

25 Jun 1998

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From: "C. J. Kenneth Tan" 
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To: Howard Arons 
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Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] What does SuSE stand for?
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I have been using S.u.S.E. Linux since 5.1 and I have been very happy 
with
it.  I don't know that much about the manual because I hate to read
manuals unless I ultimately have to do that.  But when I do read it, I
find it very informative.  One thing that I have gotten used to with 
any
Liinux distribution is: don't expect any technical support from the
vendor.  So just hope that whatever comes out of the vendor's door is
perfect, or closest to perfect.  Then it is up to you to do the rest,
making sure that it works on your machine.  It is also when I have to 
dig
around the system that I leant most.  If you think S.u.S.E. is bad, try
Red Hat and you will appreciate how good S.u.S.E. is.
On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Howard Arons wrote:
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On Wed, Jun 24, 1998 at 10:54:57AM -0600, nelsen@telusplanet.net
wrote:
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It is very easy to
install, a bootable CD with self installer.
I agree with that. It is easy to install, YaST is a good sys admin 
tool,
and the comm'l distribution (I have SuSE 5.2) has tons of nice apps. 
BUT,
see below for the darker side (IMHO).
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If you get the commercial
version, I am told that it features a very good handbook and 60 
days of
installation support.

NOT true, in my (limited, newbie) experience. The manual really
YEs i agree.SuSE rocks.
I tried redhat 5.1 but the install is broken and the tech support is non 
existent.INfact i sent 4 e-mails in the registered support section and 
didn't get 1 REPLY!!
I think redhat is waaay to commercial to give a dam about makening a 
decent distro.All my freinds that have run redhat say its pretty screwy 
and buggy.well SuSE i'm yet to find one hole one bug one anything.The 
german maybe kinda heh distruptive but hell the book kicks the hell 
outta the redhat book by far!
Great programming and this mailing list rules.So bada boom bada bing 
hehe 

pertains,
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at least in part, to versions older that 5.2. Of equal concern is the
quality of the German -> English translation. Sometimes it's just 
funny
but clear, but other times there's no hope of getting the meaning 
intended.
Technical support is poor to nonexistent, except for the folks (SuSE 
and
others) on this list. Phone support isn't toll free (in the US) and 
is only
available on Tue and Fri. E-mail support has not worked for me 2 out 
of 2 
times.

Howard Arons
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