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'Sneak Preview' of SUSE 9.1

Posted by michael on from the better-than-okra dept.

Roblimo writes "SUSE 9.1 won't be out until May, but Joe Barr got access to a 'secret' beta download and tried it out. He liked some of what he saw, and found things he didn't like, too, but is willing to overlook some of the negatives because, he points out, 'This is a beta. Bugs are expected. Work will be done before it goes gold.' The review's at Linux.com." Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of OSDN.

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  1. The Problem With Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Linus Torvalds developed Linux while he was attending university in Finland. A decade later, Linux has gone nowhere but limited to geeks and obscure users.

    Why has Linux not made it big time? The reason to this is because Linux developers and users do not have social lives, and most of them were beat up in high school for their interest in computers. I was a high school jock myself, and I spent a lot of time washing my school's geeks' faces in toilets and had them write my homework. The same tactic was used in college, where I managed to graduate with a 3.2 GPA all because of having someone else do my work.

    Most of these geeks that I tormented in the past are now Linux developers, and the majority of them pretty much never leave their apartment except for work and maybe the odd family event, which is probably the closest they have to outside human interaction.

    I currently work as a notable figure in state politics, and I make over $90,000 a year. Most of the now Linux developers I tormented barely make it past rent.

    So quit trying to make Linux better, build some muscles, and get your once fellow kind to do your work, because if you do so, you'll end up like me.

  2. 2 paragraphs is a "review" ? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    thanks for the "note"

  3. Re:SuSE? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll


    haha Linus Torvalds is American now ? he needs to work more on the accent but the fat thing is improving

  4. JOE BARR??? WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    PLEASE /. editors: don't take shit reviews from Joe Barr as slashdot material. He is a complete idiot.

  5. Tkhis is goatsex by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    NOISES OUT OF THE tangle of fat@al Out of businees its corpse turned You join today! survival prospects Users. BSD/OS NIGGER ASSOCIATION

  6. Ditch the ads by HangingChad · · Score: 0, Troll
    The ads are a little tacky and unprofessional. I'm disappointed SUSE even inclued them in the beta. If they were trying to make Wintendo users feel at home they could've included spyware and a virus as well.

    If you want to present a professional image to prospective users, a dating service ad probably isn't a great introduction.

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    That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage