<PRE> Norman de Groot [ndegroot@mcn.org] wrote:

I'm considering getting started with Linux. I wonder if the active suse list with so many user problems is the result of the suse distribution or is the difficulty with Linux itself?

Tap into MS' phone support lines (no, don't really) and see how much traffic they have each day. At least w/Linux you'll get some real help instead of the 'reboot/reinstall' mantra. A lot of the activity on a list like this comes from experienced users helping newbies get over the first few humps of the learning curve of switching to a new OS/way of doing things. They are usually more 'how do i' questions than bug reports.

I understand that either way I'll have to put in a significant amount of study and work to try something other than the DOS/Windows I'm used to.

One of the things I love the most about Linux is that when I do research on an issue I'm having I actually LEARN things. I learn what is happening and why and how to fix it, or at least get very close to each. Each problem I have to deal with or new thing I try makes me better equipped next time I have an issue or someone on a list asks a question. With MS it was always a guessing game in the end, and helping my friends with their Win machines just meant I played the guessing game for them cause I was better at it. -- Jeremy Blosser | jblosser@firinn.org | <A HREF="http://jblosser.firinn.org/"><A HREF="http://jblosser.firinn.org/</A">http://jblosser.firinn.org/</A</A>> -----------------+-------------------------+------------------------------ "Would you fight to the death, for that which you love? In a cause surely hopeless ...for that which you love?" -- D. McKiernan, _Dragondoom_ </PRE> <A HREF="pgp00003.pgp"> PGP signature</A></P>

On Fri, 8 Jan 1999, Norman de Groot wrote:

I'm considering getting started with Linux. I wonder if the active suse list with so many user problems is the result of the suse distribution or is the difficulty with Linux itself? I understand that either way I'll

Hey, Welcome to SuSE! SuSE is one of the best linux distributions you can find. Thank God people are posting here because it is your assurance you will get help if you need it. I would be very wary of any distribution that did not have an active list. More directly, some posts result from debatably buggy code, but I bet most post as a result of just trying to figure out a complex subject like Linux.

have to put in a significant amount of study and work to try something other than the DOS/Windows I'm used to.

That's a loaded statement. :-) Some would argue it is more time-consuming to keep win up as a 'server' than a linux system, due to inappropriateness to the job. For me, I 'study' more on linux than I ever did [do] on win, but then it's nice to study something fun, vs. just necessary.

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Linux is simply a more complex operating system, but in many respects it is also far more powerful than windows. Linux, an OS that sees a great deal of development occur over the internet will always have active news groups, discussion groups, and web conferences. Don't be put off by an active user base, be encouraged by it :o) Rob

-----Original Message----- From: owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com [<A HREF="mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On">mailto:owner-suse-linux-e@suse.com]On</A> Behalf Of Norman de Groot Sent: 08 January 1999 18:43 To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SuSE Linux] suse problems or linux problems

I'm considering getting started with Linux. I wonder if the active suse list with so many user problems is the result of the suse distribution or is the difficulty with Linux itself? I understand that either way I'll have to put in a significant amount of study and work to try something other than the DOS/Windows I'm used to.

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