Johannes Cloete asked:

Thanx for the info.

I build production desktop servers. I am thus unable to allow my clients to take part in a beta test while I'm the one getting paid. (if I may coin your phrase)

My primary concern is:

Is the improvements in post Suse 9.0 editions worth the effort of potential gremlin hunting & kernel hacking.

If you're building servers (file server, database server, network firewalls?) then you may be talking about boxes that a lot of people do not log into and use directly. So, the quirks that come with some configuration or application changes may not be so evident to them. I guess I will add that getting the Samba server working on my personal linux box, so my wife could access some disk space for her Win98 box was nearly trivial on 9.1. In 8.2 it didn't work very easily at all.

Was it for you?

For me, yes, but I'm willing to do some suffering and head scratching, since these are all computers in my home.