Here's a review of SuSE 9.3: "Right now I'm looking at a SuSE 9.3 installation which offers me everything I'm used to plus more. It's hard to say if and when I'll switch, but it sure looks tempting. In more than one way SuSE feels so much better than Ubuntu, and it's hard to resist all the small details and finishes Novell put into the product."
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Member since:How about an indepth look at the thousands of patches SuSE adds to their kernel which makes their distro crap.
How do SUSE's patches make SUSE a worse distribution than it would be without them?
SUSE 9.0 was a great improvement over Mandrake 8.2, but now I'm looking for my next Linux desktop. I've got my Ubunto CD to try, but I'm also planning to give the latest Mandriva and OpenSUSE a spin.
Member since:2005-07-06
"SUSE 9.0 was a great improvement over Mandrake 8.2"
To be honest they cannot be compared, because Mandrake 8.2 was 3 releases older than SUSE 9.0 (unless yours was a typo and you mean Mandrake 9.2)
Other than that you are right: SUSE 9.0 was absolutely great for its time.
Member since:2005-07-04
How about an indepth look at the thousands of patches SuSE adds to their kernel which makes their distro crap.
I completely agree with you on this one. I don't know how they managed this one, but they somehow screwed up the bttv driver in the latest SUSE. This is the same driver that has been around since kernel 2.2, and has been stable since kernel 2.4. Not only that, this is the same driver that I myself, whom has never programmed a thing in my life, can install in about 3 minutes, and have it fully working.
Not to mention their Nvidia installer script, which made my system unstable and somehow screwed up X windows, while still not managing to fully install the driver. (I did it by hand afterwards). Then, once it was running, sax2 wouldn't enable 3D accel (did this one by hand too).
The system running on top (their Ximianized Gnome for example) is top of the line in my opinion....you couldn't find better. Despite what you said, I find YaST (excluding sax2) to be a very good tool.
But for gods sakes can they either
a)quit screwing up their kernels
or
b)learn how to compile them properly
This is why I like CentOS, the system on top may not be the prettiest, but the underlying system is rock solid. I would rather have a system where I have to customize it to my liking a bit more, than one where the kernel won't function properly on my system.
Of course, CentOS is built on RHEL AS, and I have never tried SLES, so maybe it is the same for their enterprise products.
I see for opensuse they have added a much needed bugzilla (I couldn't find one before) so this of course is a good thing.
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I agree. This is just another useless KDE review. How can this even be called a review?
"The first thing you'll probably notice is the SuSE wallpaper, it's a soft shade of blue but fits in perfectly, the Crystal icons look sharp and the icon text is blended with a soft outline. The vivid colors really welcome you to click and explore your way around your computer and its applications."
How about an indepth look at the thousands of patches SuSE adds to their kernel which makes their distro crap. Or how about realizing YaST is a slow and messy piece of shit. SuSE has a history, write a bit about why Novell purchased them and Ximian. Find out what their goals are.
For gods sake, write about something else than the wallpaper.