Re: SuSE 9.2

[Jamie Hart <usenet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hadron Quark wrote:
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> > __/ [ Jim ] on Friday 29 September 2006 01:53 \__
> >
> > > Quickie:
> > > Is it just me, or is 9.2 the best of the SuSE bunch so far? I've tried
> > > OpenSuSE 10.1, it trashed itself for some as yet unknown reason on a
> > > testbed a couple weeks ago - I'm still autopsying that one to see if I can
> > > figure out what went wrong. I've got 9.2 on this laptop, and it hasn't
> > > given me a lick of trouble apart from stupid things that I did myself (like
> > > plugging in a bus-powered external hard drive - silly thing to do on a
> > > notebook, even if it does have a nine amp powerpack) causing the system to
> > > go into a hard lock which only a battery yanking would cure. Last time it
> > > did that I was testing a Canon bus-powered scanner. Nearly fried the USB
> > > bus with that one.
> > ...Been doing fine with SUSE 8.1 since 2003. I have recooted the machine a
> > few hours ago, after 70+ days of uptime (since that July outage). SUSE has
> > been mature for a long, long time. Wait until 10.2 is finally shipped. It's
> > like free SLED 10.2, minus the stuff that needs 'hacking' (the equivalent of
> > Automatix or EasyUbuntu).
> >
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Roy
>
> Wowa there cowboy.
>
> What happened to all the "OSS programmers react quickly" tripe you were
> spouting?
How is that incompatible with a user sticking to one version for a long 
time?

"OSS *programmers* react quickly" and "OSS *users* run stable platforms 
for years". See the difference?

> You have stayed with  8.1 for 3 years?
>
> Surely you should be at the bleeding edge and helping the never ending
> beta test?
Some of us more, how shall I put this, technically minded folks have 
more than one computer.  It means we can run bleeding edge software on 
one and stable software on another.

> Look up hypocrite in your search engine prototype.
Would that be someone who claims to use and like linux but badmouths it 
at every opportunity?

> Another thing you guys need to learn is to turn off your machines when
> you put your pyjamas on - otherwise its a waste of power.
A powered down computer can't do any work.  My computers do as much work 
when I'm not around as they do when I'm sitting in front of them.

Let me guess, you haven't got the hang of cron and scripting yet.

> Windows has an automatic power management facility ..... :-;
Hypocrite.