Re: [SLE] YAST2 rocks! /LenZ Rant/
I agree that the SuSE kernel patches are wonderful, but that doesn't impress a Newbie if he can't get past the installation. The "average" Windoze user is not likely to drop their current Windoze OS if they can't get past the Linux installer. The installer is the "First" link in the chain. At a minimum, the installer should be either a "7" or "8" (on a scale of 1-10)! Microsoft has a nice installation, but their OS isn't that terrific. SuSE Linux is a nice OS, but the YaST2 installer isn't that terrific. The "enemy" is NOT other Linux distributions. For that reason, SuSE would be wise to incorporate drakx and Lothar into the next SuSE release. Matt
From: Ben Rosenberg
Reply-To: ben@whack.org CC: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] YAST2 rocks! /LenZ Rant/ Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 15:16:28 -0600 Hello all,
I would second this..wait for 6.4. I use to think that Linux was a big waste of time before I discovered SuSE. I was a staunch freeBSD/Solaris advocate, but I have been running SuSE since 5.0 along with my freeBSD box and now my Sun U10. I do know this, if SuSE somehow magically went out of business and they were not producing a Linux distr. I would reformat this box and it would be a Solaris X86 box.
Give these guys a break, they do damn good work..it may not be on installers or anything as low on my list as this, but their kernel work and XFree work alone merits respect.
just my 0.02
BTW .. is icewm 1.02 gonna make it into 6.4 ;D
Lenz Grimmer wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, m thompso wrote:
Correction: "MOST" of YaST2 rocks
I'm still disappointed that YaST2 does not allow me to install SuSE 6.3 to non-adjacent partitions. To install to non-adjacent partitions, I must still use YaST1. Mandrake 7.0-2 uses a top-notch graphical installer called drakx. SuSE would be wise to incorporate drakx into the next release of SuSE Linux.
<PERSONAL RANT> Well, since distributions nowadays only seem to be judged by it's installation utility, how should we set ourself apart by reusing someone else's tool?
We have added a lot of features in YaST2 for SuSE Linux 6.4.
There will be a more flexible partitioning dialogue, which will also
allow
you to use ReiserFS partitions and multiple disks (no LVM yet, you still need to fall back to YaST1 for Logical Volumes). In addition to that, there is a more flexible package selection and the configuration of Sound cards, printers, Internet connection with Modem/ISDN and Network configuration.
-- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org SuSE Linux 6.3 (2.2.14) ICQ UIN:49268667 ------------------------------------------------------------ " Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom " --Gen. George Patton
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