On Sunday 07 July 2002 17.43, Ladislav Bodnar wrote:
To me it just sounds plain wrong. You might be a home user, but if you create a web site, it is great to have Apache running on your localhost and check things out before publishing.
Sounds like overkill to me. You don't need a full web server just to preview web pages.
And what about rp-pppoe, the ADSL connection package? Surely, it is not only useful, it is essential if your ISP uses this type of service. On the other hand, xine is missing from the Pro edition - where is the logic in that?
Sorry, but I feel that the decision should be made by the user and not by the SuSE's marketing department. You might get a few voices saying "too many applications", but once you start leaving some out you will get a lot more voices saying "why is this or that missing".
Not really. The intended market for the personal edition wouldn't know the other packages existed. You have clearly bought the wrong version. The users targeted by the personal edition are complete newcomers. I suspect you bought the personal because it was cheaper. Read up on usability studies. Almost everyone commenting on these matters say it's far better to have a selection of packages, with few if any duplicates for any given area of use. People who are more experienced can always download from the net and install themselves. Or why not buy the professional package? As for ADSL missing in the personal, I don't know. There were a few X packages missing in pro too. Mistakes happen. As Matthew said, that's why feedback@suse.com is there. About xine: so what? The versions distributed are pointless anyway. To get a usable version you will have to download from the net anyway, as long as the threat of litigation remains. //Anders