Well, In average it takes me from one to two months with the each new SuSE release to make it usable. Generally I have to fix leftover bugs, find missing/corrupted packages and manually edit configuration files which are generally being screwed by YAST. I prefer to compile and install such packages as MySQL, Apache, Mozilla, kernel, modutils, ALSA, CUPS and other directly from its sources, not from SuSE CD/DVD. SuSE have a bad habit of such excessive customization that later you won't be able to upgrade some packages from its direct vendors. It's still a mystery for me. Why binaries, libraries and configuration files for third party applications can't be left in its default locations defined by the vendors? Alex -------------------
. Ever since I reinstalled 8 clean (after an initial clean install of 8 that was bad), I have not been able to complete a shutdown. Always hangs on Shutting Down Networking.
But today I went to add a Gateway: Y2|Network/Basic|NetworkCardConfig|Edit|Edit|Routingand add Gateway. OK|Next|Finish
It HANGS ON DEACTIVATE LOCAL NETWORK! And I have to kill it! WTF IS WRONG?
WHY HAS VMWARE GUEST QUIT TALKING TO THE NETWORK? WHY DOES KONQ BYPASS JUNKBUASTER? AND WHY HAS PRINTING NEVER WORKED?!? I MUST BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND FSCKING PRINT!!
I have used Suse for a year and Mandrake for two years before that, and this new BROKENNESS is INTOLERABLE. HUNDREDS of things WRONG. I have a mortgage investment banking business to run, and most of the past month has been fully given over to Suse 8!
I know those guys are busy. But this is an unusable product! Hundreds of problems I simply don't have time to chase down! Whoops, KMAlL HAS NOW COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN ALL ITS SETTINGS, so now I have to completely configure it in order to send this message.
Caldera is a mess. RedHat has always been buggy. I am just this close to chucking it and going to Apple. I MUST GET WORK DONE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE!!
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