Documentation: 7.0 vs 7.3 and Personal vs. Professional
Hi all, I bought 7.0 personal last year. I decided to buy it because I was impressed with the 6.3 documentation, which I borrowed from a friend; however, I was quite disappointed with the amount of documentation. For instance, the installation documentation didn't begin to address the problems I had in my installation, and the other documentation had nothing about SuSE-specific tools (such as SuSEconfig). I'm thinking about buying 7.3, and I'm wondering if the Professional version documentation is any better than the Personal, or if the 7.3 documentation is better than the 7.0. I don't need the additional software on the Professional version, but I'd consider (reluctantly) spending the additional money to get it if the documenation was better. Incidentally, I'm a long time unix user, but have no experience as a system administrator. I have some books on linux and sysadmining, so don't need any recommendations on O'Reilly-type books, just SuSE documentation. Thanks, Derek
On November 9, 2001 10:30 am, schutt wrote:
Hi all,
I bought 7.0 personal last year. I decided to buy it because I was impressed with the 6.3 documentation, which I borrowed from a friend; however, I was quite disappointed with the amount of documentation. For instance, the installation documentation didn't begin to address the problems I had in my installation, and the other documentation had nothing about SuSE-specific tools (such as SuSEconfig).
I'm thinking about buying 7.3, and I'm wondering if the Professional version documentation is any better than the Personal, or if the 7.3 documentation is better than the 7.0. I don't need the additional software on the Professional version, but I'd consider (reluctantly) spending the additional money to get it if the documenation was better.
The professional documentation is much, much better. The number of books seem to grow every few releases, too. I'm consistently amazed at the amount of work that goes into it. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com
On Friday 09 November 2001 09:31, James Oakley wrote:
On November 9, 2001 10:30 am, schutt wrote:
Hi all,
I bought 7.0 personal last year. I decided to buy it because I was impressed with the 6.3 documentation, which I borrowed from a friend; however, I was quite disappointed with the amount of documentation. For instance, the installation documentation didn't begin to address the problems I had in my installation, and the other documentation had nothing about SuSE-specific tools (such as SuSEconfig).
I'm thinking about buying 7.3, and I'm wondering if the Professional version documentation is any better than the Personal, or if the 7.3 documentation is better than the 7.0. I don't need the additional software on the Professional version, but I'd consider (reluctantly) spending the additional money to get it if the documenation was better.
The professional documentation is much, much better. The number of books seem to grow every few releases, too. I'm consistently amazed at the amount of work that goes into it.
I would agree. The books are almost worth the price of the distro! JLK
On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 09:30:04AM -0500, schutt wrote:
Hi all,
I bought 7.0 personal last year. I decided to buy it because I was impressed with the 6.3 documentation, which I borrowed from a friend; however, I was quite disappointed with the amount of documentation. For instance, the installation documentation didn't begin to address the problems I had in my installation, and the other documentation had nothing about SuSE-specific tools (such as SuSEconfig).
But the personal edition just works out of the box doesn't it ? Gosh, it doesn't ? What a suprise.
I'm thinking about buying 7.3, and I'm wondering if the Professional version documentation is any better than the Personal, or if the 7.3 documentation is better than the 7.0.
There is more of it. I don't need the additional software on the Professional
version, but I'd consider (reluctantly) spending the additional money to get it if the documenation was better.
7.3 is a waste of money, if you want to pay the postage I will send you the 7.0 documentation for nothing. I live in Holland , so take that into account for the cost.
Incidentally, I'm a long time unix user, but have no experience as a system administrator. I have some books on linux and sysadmining, so don't need any recommendations on O'Reilly-type books, just SuSE documentation.
-- Regards Cliff
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