Eric Richards wrote:
Hi It's a fact that sometimes some of the best sales people are the customers, At this point in time I would like more friends to go Linux, but all the problem I have would now never recommend SuSE,
Personally, I think you are making a mistake, but that's your choice :-)
It all started through no fault of Suse, the mouse port on my computer packed up, then soon had other problems, I tried to change things in SAX then go and save, but then a message would come up nothing to save, So then I went though to Keyboard, monitor and saved that way, I could never find out how to do a mouse text in SAX, So then I booted up with CD#1 and went through the motion and ended up at one stage getting into a endless loop, then after "hoping" I fixed something it would only boot to "LI" not "LILO"
This isn't (usually) too hard to fix (the lilo bit), but I tend to use XF86Setup to set (or change) my mouse - just old-fashioned I guess.
Email, Netscape would send mail, but would shut down when I went to try and get mail, another Email program in Suse 6.4 would receive mail but would not send any mail.
Netscape has had a 'few' problems. I still use it, but I got the updated rpm from SuSE.
Printer, I was unable to set up my old "RELIABLE" dot matrix printer, Mandrake picked it up no problem
DM printers usually aren't any problem, but it doesn't hurt to read up on apsfilter :-)
Network, I was never able to see another computer from Linux but could easily go from windows into Suse & even more easily see Windows to Windows
Sounds like a configuration problem
Their is other things that bug me, that really make a getting into Linux a pain in the neck, if we are going to recommend Linux to our friends they need to be listed to by the Linux distributors
From Eric
Well Eric, I hope you enjoy Mandrake. Linux is still not a "one step
setup" system. But it is a hell of a lot better now, than it was a few
years (even a few months) ago. I've looked at a few different distro's
myself, but I always seem to return to SuSE. But my requirements, (and
experience), are probably different to yours. Who knows, you may be
back, but if not, just remember, HAVE FUN :-)
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