Linked by Anand Vaidya on Wed 5th Jan 2005 18:19 UTC
On October 22, 2004, Novell released SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 (abbreviated as SLP9.2 henceforth) targeted at the home user and Linux enthusiast crowd. Since I am already using SUSE 9.1 for my daily work on my IBM laptop, I was quite eager to check out 9.2. SLP9.1 is already a very polished Linux distribution, with tons of software ready to go. So here's a SuSE user's review of 9.2 after several weeks using the new version. Update: Also see some 9.2 screenshots with KDE and Gnome.
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Bill,
Sorry to hear your SuSE Linux experience was not enjoyable for you. Where you using an older release such as SuSE Linux Personal 9.1 (Personal now axed) or current SuSE Linux Professional 9.2 release? I currently use SLP 9.1 and have used both wireless and bluetooth devices successfully with out any hassle. After testing several Linux distributions I found SuSE Linux and Novell's other offerings are best geared to consumers (private and enterprise). If you are familiar using Windows XP then you should be able to use SuSE Linux just as easily since it comes with familiar tools (ie: YaST Control Center, UI, Plug & Play, Remote Desktop, etc). As the reviewer in the article already mentioned the distribution comes with very detailed and helpful end user and Administrator documentation. More than I ever got with a Windows purchase. What was not mentioned is that this information is also contained in the SuSE Help Center located on the desktop shortcut link. There's also an online library for users here http://elibrary.fultus.com/technical/index.jsp and the user forums as well as "How-To" manuals here http://www.linuxforum.com/ should be useful to you. If you have purchased SuSE Linux then it came with technical support included or you can use Novell's pay per incident support packages if your support has expired. See here for more info http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/support/advanced.h... Alternately you could have a technician use Remote Desktop to help resolve your issues. You can find out more regarding Remote Desktop in the SuSE Help Center.