Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 15th Aug 2005 09:13 UTC, submitted by Frank Schoep
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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2005-06-30
I am unimpressed by software that is infrequently released - a model pursued by most commercial software, including an unmentionable OS, Apple's MacOSX, and Suse. This model is both antiquated and makes maintenance excruciatingly painful. Who really cares about major versions except marketers?
This is how most commercial distributions with nothing to offer make their money. By providing a system that breaks when upgraded, companies can force their users to pay for upgrades every six months. I prefer the BSD (and Gentoo, I suppose, although I have never used it) distribution method, where there is a fine distinction between the operating system and the userland changes. Here, an increase in the OS version number means something more than "we've upgraded all of your software to the latest stable versions." One can upgrade their desktop software without interfering with the operating system, or conversely, upgrade the operating system without breaking the desktop.