Hi Andy and all.. Thu, 06 Apr 2000, you wrote:
Hello all,
I've been a SuSE user since 4.something and in many ways feel as though I've learnt linux with it. Every now and again I trot off and try another distro (RH, debian, slack -etc.) and always wind up coming back to SuSE.
You sound like me. ;-) I've got a lot of the distributions (at least GPL) sitting around here somewhere, and every once in a while, I'll drop in my old 1.6gig drive, and have an install-fest.
but.... It seems to me there is room for little organisational improvement. Here we are again with 6.4 soon to be on the market (the german version - is in the shops already)and nothing on the ftp-site (just a basic 6.4 iso eval would do).
I'd just like to see the international english version released at the same time as the German version. But in a way I can understand why it doesn't happen.
Can anyone tell me why it's so difficult to track down usefull info on the website?
Such as? I hit the site quite often, and can find just about anything I need. Of course, that isn't the American site. I always go to www.suse.de/en to start off with. From there, I get around quickly. What I don't understand is why the American Site is SOOO different from the German site. They are the same company.
And why is the dir layout different on SuSE?
Phillip I think answered that one. And I'm so used to SuSE, that I can't find anything without searching around the other distros.
And if I wanted to be swap CD's at boot time - I'd become a DJ. - and why no qmail.rpm (I know... but the choice would be nice)
I think that will end shortly. If Yast2 works even half as well as Yast1, swapping at the start will be a thing of the past.
I don't want this to sound like a big rant but sometimes it drives me nuts.. and it seems to have more to do with direction than anything else.
It didn't some off that way to me. I think it's good to say what's on your mind. It might not change anything, but then again, it might change something just enough to make the distro a bit better.
Do the SuSE management team know where they want to position the product because it seems to me SuSE is turning into a "workstationy-server" sort of distribution.
I much prefer the way SuSE does things. I can install as much or as little as I want. And I get to make the choice. With something like Redhat, you get three choices. Workstation, Server, or Custom. I'd bet that most folks opt for Custom. Why? Because they like things their way. Heck, I even modify the selections that SuSE makes. I find it a lot easier to do with SuSE than *ANY* other distro.
quick and the releases always usable - so it's not the product.
It's the marketing and positioning of it.
I've been looking at other distros. With SuSE, you get a whole lot more bang for the money. Look at Mandrake or Redhat. In order to get even close to what SuSE offers, it cost you almost twice as much. And not one of them can touch the book that comes with SuSE. Unless RH and the others have changed with the new releases, the SuSE book beats all of them hands down.
Comments appreciated - but no point in flaming 'cos I'm a fan..
Me too. And from the looks of 6.4, I'm going to have another book and set of CD's soon.. Mike -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- bcomber@an-netz.de http://www.an-netz.de/home/bcomber --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/