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Bill Sheehan opined that:
... it's an OS. It's for fun. Solving problems is part of the fun.
-- Bill
Um... so... they throw in some extra/gratuitous problems, just to give the /u/s/e/r/s/ purchasers more 'fun'??? Like where, between 7.3 and 8.0 they disable my DVD player -- the major reason that I paid for a boxed set (the ability to install from one DVD) -- and then don't tell me until after I've spent the bucks? Yeah, it's fun solving that one, all right. Solve it by sitting there, plugging in CDs all evening. I also notice that version umpty-ump of SaX2 is still able and willing to screw up my mouse support if it disapproves of my video choices. That one must be *really* fun, since they've kept it as a "feature" over several releases (all of which I've bought, by the way). Bitch, moan, complain... :-) C'mon 8.1! I'm such a fool that I'm going to install 8.0 on an old computer that I'm refurbishing for my brother. No, this is not the brother to whom I gave a laptop (with SuSE 7.3 that he removed and replaced with Win98). This is for the other brother who has never touched a computer in his life. This oughta be *really* fun. Stay tuned. Stop laughing. So, in my more reflective moments, I realize that I'm paying Mistress SuSE to whip me, and to lend me her whips so that I can also whip myself. Oy! There's a graphic that nobody needed... What the heck. There'd be annoyances with other distros too. I get enough out of SuSE that I keep coming back, waving my wallet. But I agree with those who point out that it makes no sense to keep silent about bugs, design errors and boneheaded choices. Bugs should be mentioned once or twice, and then we can all shut up. Design problems and bonehead choices need constant bitching until SuSE feels the pressure. /kevin