On Saturday 21 June 2003 11:08, Chris Carlen wrote:
Actually I liked Slackware. I changed to Suse because as I began to use Linux more in my profession as a desktop OS, I just didn't want to have to waste countless hours anymore figuring out how to configure things. I'm all for choice, but it doesn't mean that there shouldn't be a sensible default configuration.
Your expierence is the "Linux Expierence" (tm) boiled down to its essentials. Many linux users get involved this way - and its a good way to build understanding. I took a two year tour of distros (and a few BSDs and BeOSs too) and finally ended up on SuSE. I think I missed Yellow Dog but I did all the other well known distros. 8.2 is the cleanest of all the SuSE's I've run (started with 7.1) and by far the most laptop friendly. I just have not got time to be in RPM Hell anymore, I've got things to do with the computer besides running an operating system. I install the minimum "vanilla" packages - usually only when a properly integrated one is not available from SuSE, and in those cases, I uninstall the equivelent SuSE package, and install tarballs via checkinstall so the RPM databass knows that the package is there and does not try to over-ride it. For work machines, unless you have totally wierd hardware, any benifites you think you will derive from building your own kernel are (98% of the time) largely in your head. For play machines, hey, go nuts, - but don't complain to SuSE. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen