[wplug] suse

[Coutch, Robert]

Just to clear up any confusion......

I didn't say I was switching to SuSE, I'm just waiting to upgrade.
I'm already a SuSE user (Currently version 7.3).

I have RedHat 8 as part of a dual boot with SuSE on my desktop machine,
dual boot with Win2k on my work laptop and (as a test)its on my personal
laptop too.

I run a redhat 7.2 server at work with no complaints.

I have noticed some small problem with RH8 but nothing out of the ordinary.
Every new install needs to be fine tuned.

I generally use WindowMaker for my desktop so I can't speak of buggy KDE.
I've only complied mplayer so I can't speak of compiler bugs either.
The postings I've read give me cause for concern in this area.

Updating RH has become simpler over the last few versions but I'm still
partial to SuSE's
online updating via YaST2.

I can't complain about BlueCurve, it's a nice, clean theme.
I've already grabbed some new themes from themes.freshmeat.net to make KDE
and Gnome apps appeal to my tastes.

One stange thing.... Red Hat pick up the HSF modem on my desktop machine but
did not include any drivers.
This could be due to Conexant/Rockwell not allowing inclusion of their
software.
I found everything I needed at www.linmodems.org

I'm not Red Hat bashing because I'm just NOT qualified to.

With that said, this is the first time I actually admitted to this in
public......
  == I like SuSE better.== 

 ==== FLAME ON ===== I can feel the heat coming .


-Bob
 

-----Original Message-----
From: R.E.Coutch [mailto:coutchre at usaor.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 1:27 PM
To: coutchre at tvratings.com
Subject: RE: [wplug] suse


On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 12:40, jsbillings at mac.com wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-02-05 at 12:20, Coutch, Robert wrote:
> 
> > After reading some of the RedHat posts and linked articles,
> > I'm full of FUD about using RedHat as a desktop OS.
> > 
> > I'm waiting for SuSE to release a kernel 2.6 version, then I'll upgrade.
> > 
> 
> Redhat releases a lot of custom stuff, but they also put a lot of money
> into linux development.  It's nice to see a publicly traded company
> pouring money into something that's essentially free.
> 
> I'm constantly frustrated by the way that redhat handles it's
> development, but I'm also grateful that we aren't stuck with someone
> like RMS at the help of the linux community, that there is some people
                     ^  that's supposed to be 'helm'


> with business acumen working with developers.

One thing I wanted to also mention is that Redhat derives most of it's
earnings from support.  They release their software (and it's source) to
the community.  I hear a lot about complaints, but how many people are
actually sending feedback to redhat?  They are interested in hearing it,
since they are paid to provide a service.  

Installing the latest version, saying "this sucks" and switching to some
other OS is really pointless.  Complain to Redhat!  Be specific!  If you
are a developer, send in a patch!  

The linux community (and any other community) is what it's members put
into it.  



-- 
Jonathan S Billings <jsbillings at mac.com>
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