I think it's very strange to see Reiser saying SuSE is stable and Red Hat is not when we all remember the problems people had with it when running SuSE.
I'm not saying I don't like it, I'm just correcting the original thread started by someone else.
I do use only free software but that doesn't mean I use Debian. The only difference is that Debian makes it easier for you not to install any non-free package, but I can handle that myself.
As for Netscape 4 and Mandrake, I'm sure it's not going to be removed in this release (8.1). I do hope it will be removed by 9.0, with Mozilla 1.0 and all. The reason it's not on Mandrake PPC is because that arch is not very well supported by Netscape.
Personally, I don't care. I quit using Netscape months ago.
The reason Red Hat and Mandrake aren't 100% open source or free software is because they include non-free, non-open-source code. The Netscape 4 web browser is an example.
1) You don't *need* to. But if you want to learn how the system works, then it's a good idea. (yes, in this place that a lot of people talk about called mainstream they don't want to).
4) Unfortunetly not all hardware is recognized out of the box, but the same goes for Windows. I used to work configuring Windows systems a few years ago and I can't tell how many times I needed a CD/floopy driver disk to configure a hardware, because Windows didn't have the driver. Linux doesn't need extra drivers disks, every six months a new release of your favorite distribution is out with all the new drivers.
5) There are far more Linux sites than Windows ones. I know Windows is mores used but I can assure you 99% of Windows users don't know a site with Windows tutorials and forums where people can help each other. Of course, in that place you mentioned earlier (mainstream?), when Linux was installed they had a boxed version, so they have someone to turn to for help. Same for users, who paid 30 USD for Linux instead of 200 for Windows.
6) If you want to learn how the system actually works (you don't have to / Windows doesn't allow that) Linux is the way to go. www.linuxdoc.org has more than anyone can teach you.
7) my CD writer was configured out of the box in the latest version of Red Hat Linux.
The original poster managed to turn this discussion into an impossible (at least for the near future) merger between SuSE and MandrakeSoft.
It seems that most people forgot the headlines: SuSE Announces More Layoffs.
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I think it's very strange to see Reiser saying SuSE is stable and Red Hat is not when we all remember the problems people had with it when running SuSE.
So he started the GNU project and the FSF not because he cares about free software, but because he wants to control and force his opinions on others?
Wake up.
By integrated with the KDE desktop he means using the same buttons and widgets that the KDE applications use.
I don't know if you've been told already (since you consider HardDrake a KDE program), but KDE programs and GTK+ programs look different.
I'm not saying I don't like it, I'm just correcting the original thread started by someone else.
I do use only free software but that doesn't mean I use Debian. The only difference is that Debian makes it easier for you not to install any non-free package, but I can handle that myself.
As for Netscape 4 and Mandrake, I'm sure it's not going to be removed in this release (8.1). I do hope it will be removed by 9.0, with Mozilla 1.0 and all. The reason it's not on Mandrake PPC is because that arch is not very well supported by Netscape.
Personally, I don't care. I quit using Netscape months ago.
Wrong.
The reason Red Hat and Mandrake aren't 100% open source or free software is because they include non-free, non-open-source code. The Netscape 4 web browser is an example.
... try Mozilla. See www.mozilla.org
1) You don't *need* to. But if you want to learn how the system works, then it's a good idea. (yes, in this place that a lot of people talk about called mainstream they don't want to). 4) Unfortunetly not all hardware is recognized out of the box, but the same goes for Windows. I used to work configuring Windows systems a few years ago and I can't tell how many times I needed a CD/floopy driver disk to configure a hardware, because Windows didn't have the driver. Linux doesn't need extra drivers disks, every six months a new release of your favorite distribution is out with all the new drivers. 5) There are far more Linux sites than Windows ones. I know Windows is mores used but I can assure you 99% of Windows users don't know a site with Windows tutorials and forums where people can help each other. Of course, in that place you mentioned earlier (mainstream?), when Linux was installed they had a boxed version, so they have someone to turn to for help. Same for users, who paid 30 USD for Linux instead of 200 for Windows. 6) If you want to learn how the system actually works (you don't have to / Windows doesn't allow that) Linux is the way to go. www.linuxdoc.org has more than anyone can teach you. 7) my CD writer was configured out of the box in the latest version of Red Hat Linux.
The original poster managed to turn this discussion into an impossible (at least for the near future) merger between SuSE and MandrakeSoft. It seems that most people forgot the headlines: SuSE Announces More Layoffs.