Re: Serious Question - Mainstream Use - No Troll

From: baskitcaise (baskitcaise_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 09/27/04 

Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:05:00 +0100

Phillip T. Murphy adjusted his/her tin foil beanie and asbestos
underwear to write:

HI Phillip,

> I didn't need answers to the examples I gave. They were just examples
> of problems I personally encountered while setting up SuSE 9.1 over
> the past
> couple of monthls. My point was, I figured these issues out, but it
> took a lot of effort and research in some instances.
>

Just our suspicious minds, if you look back over the years you will
almost always find the "I am not trolling" posts to be the "trolling
posts".

Also if you notice the amount of "chaff" we get here at certain times
which bleeds over to other groups and then just becomes a slagging
match you will see why we tend to be a bit defensive.

> Now, to answer a few questions that were raised...
>

> 1. I am not trolling... I have no vested interest in Microsoft, just
> curious
> about real-world experiences. I have seriously considered moving my
> home/family machine to Linux, but not sure I can yet.

The fact that you have come back and answered is a sign of not trolling
or a sign of a good troller ( nothing meant by that :)

>
> 2. The machine I installed SuSE 9.1 on has run XP and did not need any
> special setup or drivers to get all the hardware running. When Linux
> was installed - my CD-RW/DVD-ROM drive was not available until I
> manually messed
> around with the mounting points manually. Also, MP3 player didn't
> work
> properly. It also wouldn't display the correct screen resolution.
> That had to be fixed manually.

Now this is a case of manufacturer support, but also the choice of
hardware, I am lucky I choose my main hardware to match linux except
for some "toys" that I know beforehand will/will not work ( if it don`t
work for me then one of he windows machine can have it )

>
> 3. I am not bashing Linux (SuSE) - I like it! I use it daily. I was
> just
> curious if anyone had success in using it as a mainstream system. I
> am glad
> to see that some of you are. It sounds like others have had similar
> problems as I in setup.

It all depends on the release, I found 7.3, 8.1 the best that Suse have
done for my given hardware and ease of install, 9.1 was good but still
needed a little bit of a help, hopefully the next one will be a bit
better now that the kernel is a bit more mature.

>
> I feel like I called someone's baby ugly, which was not the intention.
> Everyone got a bit offensive when all I was curious about was whether
> it would be practical to turn my family loose on Linux.

No not really ( see above ) but anyway why not let them loose and see if
they can grow to like it?

All the best. 

-- 
Mark
Iligitimi Non Carborundum!
Twixt hill and high water, N.Wales, UK
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