Re: [SLE] SUSE Linux 10.0 Retail Box a Step Backwards
Hi from Adam in NYC.
Looking at what you posted, it seems you did not have any of the prior SuSE products. They (all the 8.x and 9.2) came in a multifold cardboard container with pockets for each of the Cd/DVD. Did a okay job of protecting the media.
As for the stupid media box that came with 9.3:
Is it not enough that it is the newest release of SuSE nor it comes in a fancy plastic container nor that it is the cheapest SuSE so far?
Maybe you move on to someelse, like RedHat? Oh right, they don't sell RedHat anymore.
I will be happy for a modest upgrade in performance and stability for my 800 MHZ laptop and slighter better manuals. But now I am asking too much for $60.00.
Eagerly awaiting my arrival and I has never had to whine with SuSE. Damn good distro. Atta boy! Good luck with this run.
As for the DVD, is it dual layer or a flippie?
Adam
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From: Scott Leighton
On Thursday 06 October 2005 6:28 pm, Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo wrote:
Hi from Adam in NYC.
Looking at what you posted, it seems you did not have any of the prior SuSE products. They (all the 8.x and 9.2) came in a multifold cardboard container with pockets for each of the Cd/DVD. Did a okay job of protecting the media.
Actually, I did have all of the 9.x series. Even the multifold cardboard container the pre 9.3 ones came in is much better than what ships with 10.0.
As for the stupid media box that came with 9.3:
I loved that box, it helped protect the contents. I was quite pleased when they surprised me with it in the 9.3 box and even wrote to SUSE feedback to express my delight with the improved packaging.
Is it not enough that it is the newest release of SuSE nor it comes in a fancy plastic container nor that it is the cheapest SuSE so far?
No, it's not enough. If all I wanted was the software, well, there's a real cheap way to get that, simply download the ISOs on opensuse.org.
Maybe you move on to someelse, like RedHat? Oh right, they don't sell RedHat anymore.
Huh? What does Redhat have to do with Novell's decision to downgrade their packaging? Or, are you suggesting that anyone having any critisism of SUSE should move on to a different distro?
I will be happy for a modest upgrade in performance and stability for my 800 MHZ laptop and slighter better manuals. But now I am asking too much for $60.00.
I didn't ask them to drop the price to $60. As I said in a later post, I would happily pay the $89 price for an equivelant 9.3 style package with the admin manual.
Eagerly awaiting my arrival and I has never had to whine with SuSE. Damn good distro. Atta boy! Good luck with this run.
If you are implying that I am whining, then re-read the thread.
As for the DVD, is it dual layer or a flippie?
Dual layer, and the graphics on the DVD and CD's are awesome. I give them credit on that packaging call, all the graphics are great. Scott -- POPFile, the OpenSource EMail Classifier http://popfile.sourceforge.net/ Linux 2.6.11.4-21.9-default x86_64 SuSE Linux 9.3 (x86-64)
On Thursday 06 October 2005 21:28, Adam Vazquez Kb2jpd Internet Mobile w/ Treo wrote:
Hi from Adam in NYC.
Looking at what you posted, it seems you did not have any of the prior SuSE products. They (all the 8.x and 9.2) came in a multifold cardboard container with pockets for each of the Cd/DVD. Did a okay job of protecting the media.
Where did you get your 9.2? Mine came with the media (2 DVDs and 5 CDs) in a nice plastic box. The box is "thick" enough closed that SuSE could have comfortably crammed in a heap more discs of media had more sleeves been provided -- so that's what I did. The rails that hold the media sleeves snap apart and I added a couple more sleeves for my discs of backup data, preferred configs, nvidia drivers, fonts, and the most current versions of OpenOffice, Mozilla, Mysql, etc.
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