Alex Daniloff wrote: ...
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?
Because we have ca. 2200 packages and need some ORDER. Plus, few put there stuff into the FHS defined locations. If SuSE Linux were just a copy&paste collection of packages we could write a script that collects those packages from their respective servers, call "./configure, make, make install", package, and go home, and SuSE Linux would cost $2.99. We attempt to make a whole product out of it instead, consistent in itself so that it's actually usable for people other than those who LOVE spending time administering their system. Our target are people USING it. I guess there's no point in commercially targetting the first group of people since they can all download and compile everything themselves (incl. they are willing and have the time, there are also people who are able but not willing). Michael