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SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Released
InnerPhalanx writes "Today, SuSE 9.2 Professional Edition has been released. SuSE writes: 'It combines a fast, secure operating system and more than 1,000 popular open source applications. It is the first complete Linux package to harness both the improved Linux kernel 2.6 and the recently enhanced GNOME 2.6 and KDE 3.3 user desktop environments. Ideal for Linux enthusiasts and developers, SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 improves support for mobile users and delivers a host of essential tools.' More information at the SuSE website. The price is $89.95. The update version is $59.95. A live DVD image is also available on the SuSE website, for use by DVD. Have fun, SuSE Pro users!" Reader tannhaus submits an early review.
...is hosting BitTorrents of the SuSE 9.2 LiveCDs here. 1.3 TB transferred on the DVD so far!
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It's something I have always wondered. Do I not need to worry until they release v10? Or do I not even need to worry then because I can use apt to get the updates they make to Yast et al?
Or will the packages for 9.2/10 be in a different repository than those for 9.1?
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I wasn't able to find the update version at Suse.com. However, it looks like Amazon.com got it (with free 'super saver' shipping):
Suse Linux Professional 9.2 Upgrade Strong Encryption 128 Bit
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I have been running it since RC3, and they have really focused on laptops in this release. It installed smoothly on my HP nc6000, and everything works - including build-in bluetooth and wireless.
Nice job SuSE developers!
Reently I had to decide on a linux platform for my company. In evaluating the possibilities, I was seeking a distro that had both a lot of readily-available support, and the benefits of F/OSS.
Suse and Redhat, while perfect on the former count, DO NOT OFFER THE FULL BENEFITS OF F/OSS SOFTWARE.
Both RH and Suse offer certain configurations of their software which you cannot get without paying. I don't have anything against paying someone for software I use, if it's also available for free. But I do have a problem with software that you can't even look at unless you pay.
"Many eyes make bugs shallow." The more a peice of software costs, the less people will see it and contribute to it. The fewer bugs will exits in the end -- the better the software will be.
So I picked Debian. And I dig it.
I've always run RedHat and Slackware at home. We've been using RedHat at work for years. But with the new RedHat price structure, I decided it was time to look around more. I bought SuSe 9.1 Professional and installed it at home. Between things I was reading on the net and the positive experience we had with two Penguin dual Opteron servers that came with SuSe EL 8 preinstalled, I was psyched.
What a nigtmare.
The graphical installer refused to recognize the S3 card; I had to use text install. When initially installed, I could only find KDE. I reinstalled per something I found on the net-- installing just Gnome, then adding KDE after configuration.
My directory is automounted from a RH8 system. I can't get KDE or Gnome to work properly, so I go back to ctwm. Eventually I get both Gnome and KDE working, but Gnome is never quite right now on either the RH8 or the SuSe9.1Pro system. Works fine for root, but not for other users. ( realize the Gnome issues may not be SuSe's fault, exactly, but they did choose the version to include on the CDs.)
Overall, most things are slower, from booting and shutdown to popping up a new window. Yast2, in particular, takes forever to initialize. Granted it does some things the RH config tools don't, and it's much more consistent, but it's definitely slower. Maybe I wouldn't notice this on a new, fast system, but on my 400MHz and 500MHz systems at home, there's a clear difference.
Yast2 does a bunch of cool stuff, but that makes some of the missing things even odder. Why, for instance, is there no entry for a Logitech PS2 Mouseman when configuring a mouse?
I'll grant you things look really nice in SuSe. But I prefer substance over appearance. In some cases it has the substance, in others it doesn't.
To top it all off, my emails to SuSe support went unanswered.
I'm almost certainly going to switch back to RedHat (or possibly some other distro) at home. And SuSe is not at the top of my list for consideration art work.
I know there are lots of happy SuSe customers. I was one based on the Penguins. But 9.1 left a bad taste in my mouth.
Does 9.2 resolve any of these issues? Not that I'm really considering tossing another $60 at SuSe to upgrade...
I guess that's one reason I like Debian and Gentoo. If I need it, they've got it, and not in some package ghetto somewhere.
Plus, I think YAST is so handy, but useless in that I have to go to apt4rpm for so much software. It takes away one of the advantages to SUSE.
If I could access all the software I needed through YAST, and could do so with either repository efforts with ties to SUSE, or at least well-defined community project repositories (ie. not just an unlabeled "dump" site), then I could go back to sweet SUSE.
Maybe it's there, and I haven't looked close enough. Then call me an idiot and point me in the right direction.
but I want something that the **AA will acknowledge as legal.
Why? Do you work for them? Are you in fear of the movie police bursting in and arresting you for watching a DVD with a $$ program versus watching the same movie on the same computer and the same DVD drive but a FREE program instead??
Why do you have a burning desire to support these terrorists? Yes, the MPAA (and RIAA) is a terrorist organization. Most people here would agree with me on that. Do you have a guilt complex, do you feel bad that they aren't rich enough?
Do you feel it's your civic duty to use software that you have to BUY and that phones home and reports your viewing habits to this terrorist organization?
Do you just have too much money and feel "dirty" and feel that you can cleanse yourself by getting rid of that "dirty old money"??
If you say it's because you are watching movies at work, you should be fired. If you are watching movies at home, who's watching you watch movies??
Really...