On Tuesday 15 November 2005 11:37, Ka Winter wrote:
> > I have to agree John. Not only is the process well
> > streamlined and
> > compatible with more hardware, but the default SuSE
> > kernel boots at
> > least 40 percent faster than previous releases.
>
> I don't disagree with any of that. But the fact
> remains that in six months with friendly geek help
> from multiple linux admin type techs, I have not
> managed to end up with a stable linux distro on my
> box.
>
> I have three friends now who would happily switch to
> Linux if someone would install it and then help them
> when they have a problem or need to install a new
> program. They would cheerfully pay for that help.
> There is no one to do it. When they want to install
> Windows or a new program on Windows or have a problem
> with Windows, repair people and friendly geeks are
> everywhere. And on the Apple subject, I read
> somewhere that for the first time in years first-time
> Apple users are on the rise (thanks to frustration
> with Windows) this confirms, as someone else said,
> that people are ready to change.
>
> anyway, I still am optimistic. I've only had this
> computer since April, I am sure that somewhere there
> is a distro that will work on it. Wish me luck. :)
>
> Cassandra
>
I have never had a SUSE distro get unstable starting with 8.0 PRO.
I have only used the official mirrors for updates.
I have changed versions mainly as they came availible and and offered
newer versions of things like GIMP
XANDROS 2.0 never went unstable for me. They are slow on updates and
the full upgrade to 3.0 was not a free download.
Richard Smoot
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