[wellylug] Is SUSE a desktop distro? (AARRGGHH!)
Wood Brent
pcreso at pcreso.com
Fri Sep 24 19:09:56 NZST 2004
--- Ian Sterling <xyverz at gmail.com> wrote:
> Brent, I hate to say it, but your experience with the nvidia stuff
> wasn't too different than mine. Although mine was the graphics. I
> used both the nvidia installer and the suse nvidia installer and
> neither worked. Well, the nvidia script said it worked but next time
> I tried booting, the graphics was hoarked. And SuSe was so damned
> different that it was bloody impossible to me to fix without spending
> hours and hours working on. I decided to say fsck it and put FC2 back
> on said box.
As I mentioned elsewhere, it was the step backwards from what Linux is
currently able to do that was so depressing. All the gains in useability &
simplicity to install were just gone.
I've used several LiveCD's on the box with better hardware detection. So my
question is why release it in such a state as a polished desktop Linux? They
could do so much better, like most others (right Jethro? :-)
>
> I will say this about my impressions for SuSE 9.1 Pro though - If I
> was a computer n00b (no OS experiences at all), I might just actually
> like it. For the new user who's not played with linux before and has
> standard hardware, the gui version of YAST might actually seem
> intuitive.
I'm much more used to Mandrake, so there is a level of familiarity there
engendering bias, but I think the Drakconf tools are more user friendly than
YAST. Not just hardware, but package management, etc as well. The general
config proccess during install & post install seems better laid out & with more
helpful info for novices. But I freely admit my bias :-)
>
> But for this seasoned veteran (*laugh*), it's nothing if not utterly
> confusing.
Everything was there, but it accepted input, created a new device, no errors
etc, but totally failed. Every other (Linux) distro I've ever looked at
generally tells you if something has failed in a config gui, doesn't just
pretend all is well & let you continue.
I also don't see the need for such a non-standard setup. It is quite different,
& I can't see any value in the differences, just difficulties &
incompatabilities.
However, Simon has risen to the challenge with an offer of help, so I'll
persevere for a while & see how it goes.....
Spotcha!!
Brent
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