Eat filth, zillions of flies can't be wrong. Be Delirously Happy, use Windows. Regards Sid. Paul Thompson wrote:
/rant on
I agree with some of the rants! It is a pain in the butt to set up SuSE 9.1 for a personal use. When you compare it to Ms desktops there is a big reliability and usability gap. Yes, reliability with peripherals, graphics, USB, etc. I have bought every SuSE Linux since 7.0 and I have to admit to anyone that asks that Linux is currently *well short* of what is a Reliable and Easily Usable desktop operating system "for anything other than a business office." I know the plusses of Linux. Set up in a basic config it is as strong as an oxe, but for a home desktop user...we have miles to go.
Some of the things you hit when setting up SuSE for Home use: 1. Cannot write to FDD -- duh, pretty basic user function. 2. Cannot write to USB Memory Stick. 3. Cannot mount CD-RWs reliably 4. Mounts optical discs as different drives depending on modes (/dev/guess-what-mode) 5. Doesn't recongnise DVD+/-R or +/-RW at times. 6. No MP3 encoding -- Yeah I know OGG and compiling LAME, but out of the box and legal is not there. 7. NO Video playing -- Yeah I know, compile the decoders, but out fo the box... 8. Networking is a pain to set up 9. Much heralded Samba 3 barely works in SuSE and is oooh sooo slooow, 10. Video drivers for ATI cards don't work in all modes 11. 3D acceleration on video guaranteed to crash 12. Cant write to NTFS drives. 13. Inconsistent interfaces to application. 14. Auto-mounting peripheral devices--what a confusing muddle. It was consistent when left manual. 15. USB peripheral storage devices on boot-up will mount sometimes but not others. 16. Laptop power management - only if coming back from suspension without USB peripherals is okay. 17. Wireless keyboards and mouse -- yeah, loose your usb and you're pulling the power to reboot. (ps. Laptops ain't servers, they do reboot two or three times a day.) 18. Wireless networking - augh what a pain.
To make claims like Linux doesn't crash is just ludicrous when configured for home use. Having the kernel still contemplating its navel while all the peripheral devices are crashing around it is not much solace. The Home User doesn't want to be Gyro Gearloose to get his PC going.
So there you have it -- flame that!
rant off/
Paul
-- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer ===== LINUX ONLY USED HERE =====