Re: Where did Suse go?
From: David Wright (david_c_wright_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 01/26/05
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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 10:52:34 +0100
Pickles The Cat wrote:
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> I agree and I disagree.
>
> Yes, users may want to increase functionality over time.
>
> However, based on the last three or four years, the basics of what the
> user wants remain the same.
>
> You can make a list and a good OS should meet these requirements:
>
> USB support
> MP3 support
> streaming video
> streaming audio
> accelerated graphics for gaming
> ...and so on...
Depends, a lot of corporates don't like people bringing in USB sticks, so
they are trying to reduce the use of USB, so a business distro like NLD
doesn't need good USB support (most will use network printers, scanners
won't be used by many, maybe the odd PDA).
MP3 and streaming audio/video are often banned in corporate environments...
I know they were frowned upon by my last employer, and none of the clients
I worked at allowed streaming or the playing of music in the workplace.
A business machine doesn't need accelerated graphics for gaming, multi-head
maybe, aber super-duper 3D support, forget it. Again, like the music and
streaming, all the clients I have worked for had strict policies against
playing games (or loading any software which wasn't authorised and
installed from the corporate IS department for legal reasons) on company
equipment.
> However, right now, Suse is not tight enough for the typical home user (
> don't flame me yet, Windows XP isn't tight enough either !) What I
> hope Novell does is take the stability of Linux and marry it to a
> quality controlled distribution scheme ( where they would, say, host
> their own servers ) for downloading applications, drivers, etc.
>
> All the core packages would be vetted and qc'd, as would add on packages.
>
Erm, isn't that pretty much what SuSE and Novell *have* been doing? OK,
certain hardware combinations can cause problems, as they can under Windows
(installing Windows on a modern PC is driver hell, Windows doesn't
recognise half the devices in my desktop, let alone MS providing a central
repository for drivers and apps, for my PC's, SuSE has had a 100% record so
far of recognising devices and installing the relevant drivers).
NLD and SLES are very tightly controlled and there is a hardware
compatibility list for SLES (and it wasn't that big last time I looked).
SLP is tested on a wider range of equipment and is very reliable - I've
installed it on over 20 different machines and, apart from one nVidia
driver taking 3 attempts to install on one machine, I've never had any QC
or stability problems - the machines often run for weeks at time...
Dave
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