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Suse 9.1 Reviews?

Posted by Cliff on from the sharing-your-opinions dept.

Bruha asks: "There have been several reviews of SuSE 9.1 lately in the online press. However I'd like to hear what the buying public has to say about Novell's first release of SuSE since buying the company. I'm currently typing this article from SuSE 9.1 x86_64 and I have to say past a few quirks I'm really starting to love this distro and admire how polished it has become since 8.2 my last SuSE purchase. What are other's opinions of the software after trying it out and what problems and new things have you discovered? And if you're sticking with it after a move from another distro why did you decide to stick?"

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  1. Suse 9.1 is like ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny
    like ...This is like... Nothing...Nothing compares to Suse 9.1.


    Darl, just step away from my computer. I can write the review on my own, thank you.

    Go back to the basement.

  2. All I know is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    That it's not Gentoo, and well, we all know if it's not Gentoo, it can't be any good.

  3. Re:More polished? by lewp · · Score: 2, Funny

    Nobody notices a speed improvement when running Gentoo. Even throwing out GNOME and replacing it with Blackbox (which is cheating, by the way) doesn't make up for the fact that your CPU is pegged at 100% 24/7 compiling shit.

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  4. Re:Wrong crowd... by lewp · · Score: 3, Funny

    Try using non-shitty hardware.

    Honestly, half your hardware? I've seen eMachines where one or two things didn't work. But half? You wouldn't happen to be using a PDP-11, would you?

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    Game... blouses.
  5. Re:got a copy when by Bodhidharma · · Score: 3, Funny

    misplace that "m" key there?

    You have to compile an extra port to get the "m" key. :)

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    A dyslexic man walks into a bra.
  6. Nooberly by Beardydog · · Score: 2, Funny

    I am the biggest Linux noob on the face of the planet. *shame*

    That being said, I've completely given up on ever installing drivers for my graphics card. NVidia seems to have special instructions for SuSE users, which is disturbing in itself. After gimping it up for a while I actually installed the source stuff like I should have in the first place (I did an FTP install), and it still doesn't work.

    I think I found a few forums talkinga bout the same problem, and one of them seemed to solve it, but with strange methods that were beyond my ken.

    I suppose I should actually bother to learn Linux, but everytime I open the console I black out, and wake up five hours later choking on my own tongue. Is that normal for a first time user?

  7. Re:More polished? by Brandybuck · · Score: 2, Funny

    Of course! Gentoo on my 3.2GHz P4 is much faster and more responsive than my old SuSE 8.1 on a 866MHz K6...

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    Don't blame me, I didn't vote for either of them!