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First Looks at Suse 8.0 / KDE 3.0

Posted by timothy on from the darn-lizard dept.

The Register has a first look article on Suse 8.0 and KDE 3.0. Short story: they liked both, pretty much. I think the section on installation -- notably its length -- speaks volumes about the 'which is easier, Linux or MS' debate, too." There's also a review of the new SuSE up at Newsforge with some more details.

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  1. Re:Suse 8.0 is Very nice! by Phexro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "RPM-based (in fact, all binary-based) distros should go the way of the dodo bird."

    It seems like more and more people are latching on to the source-based OS these days. It appears to have become the Slackware of the new millennium. That is to say, the Real Men use source-based distros, and anyone who uses a binary distro is a stupid uneducated newbie sod who couldn't figure out how to pour piss out of a boot if the instructions were written on the heel.

    Well, here in the real world, there are people who want to install software without waiting for everything to compile. In fact, the reason I stopped using Slackware was because it took too long to compile, install, and configure all the software it didn't come with.

    While your systems is laboring to compile XFree86, I'll be using mine, with software from binary packages.