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A Closer Look at SUSE 10

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the long-way-from-netware dept.

SilentBob4 writes to tell us that MadPenguin is running a review of the recently released SUSE 10.0. From the review: "Novell has made some interesting changes in distribution and development since our last review of SUSE Linux. Many say it's for the better and I'd say I'm inclined to go with that theory. To tell you the truth, I never thought I'd see the day SUSE opened up it's doors to the community to help expand and concert development efforts, but here we are in a world where SUSE is open and still making geeks sweat every time a new release comes out"

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  1. Why do people always review the install? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Why do people always review the install? I mean seriously, who gives a shit. I haven't heard anyone complaining about an install since 2000, and even in 1998 it really wasn't that hard with some documentation scribbled on a napkin. There's even a howto for installing linux on the carcass of a dead badger.

    Microsoft isn't pushing their OS for its easy install. You never hear about OS X's install.

    Why is linux judged by it's ease of install!? Who gives a flying rats ass. Does it work after it's installed? Probably not every well.

    1. Re:Why do people always review the install? by saskboy · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I don't see how this got an insightful moderation, since it's just a troll.

      How many people you know have bought a computer with Linux pre-installed, or comes with Linux recovery CDs? Macs come with OS-X already on it, so people don't tend to install it. If a Linux distro doesn't have a friendly install process, then its not going to be accepted by the masses. It's nothing personal against Linux, it's just a fact of the market place, and getting Linux's foot in the computer door.

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    2. Re:Why do people always review the install? by i_should_be_working · · Score: 4, Insightful

      His point was that since every distro has a very easy install these days (with the exception of some distros that aren't meant for noobs) there's no point in talking about the install in a review. It's a waste of space and time.

      For distros like SUSE, Mandriva etc. the only thing that needs to be said about the install is 'it's easy'.

      Way too many reviews talk about the install way too much and then don't spend enough space talking about how it is to actually use the distro.

  2. Re:Excusee-my-SuSE by MiKM · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I've never understood what "just works" means. From my experience, every operating system (Windows, Mac, *nix) always has some problem/missing feature that needs a workaround.

  3. Hardware support by applecrumble · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I always find it unfair when Linux distros are labelled poor because they don't support somebody's hardware, like their wireless card not working. The Linux developers would happily develop drivers for software if they were given the hardware specs to do so, but that isn't the case and drivers must be created with little help from the manufacturer. For example, I'm sure Novell would love to have native drivers for every wireless card out there, but if the companies won't co-operate, the best they can do is the ugly hack of using the win32 driver wrapped in an emulation layer. It's similar to complaining about why you can't play Playstation 2 games on Xbox hardware; the latter was never designed to work on the former and Microsoft wouldn't offer any help to get it working, but that doesn't mean Playstation 2 games are rubbish.