Re: Suse is NOT slow (Suse vs yoper vs etc)

From: Sven Lossman (lossman99_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 02/25/05 

Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:36:06 -0500

On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 21:24:57 -0500, Ruel Smith wrote:

> IMO, if they married SuSE and Mandrake, it would be the stink. I've come to
> appreciate URPMI and actually prefer it over Apt. However, YaST, SuSE's jaw
> dropping good looks, YOU, and the supplied packages in SuSE make it so
> desireable. Mandrake still makes you edit the XF86Config file for your
> video. Heck, on my machine, all my resolutions were virtual after
> installation. I had to use GTF and edit XF86Config by hand to remedy the
> situation.

Yea I agree!
Mandrake+Suse would be one hell of a killer distro!
FWIW Mandrake found my Nvidia card ok as did Suse, but Suse tripped
on it IF I installed the Nvidia update along with all the other
updates at the same time, from a stock install.
I had to edit xorg/xf86 by hand and change nv to nvidia.
However, if I did all the updates EXCEPT nvidia and then nvida after,
it worked fine.

 
> SuSE 9.2 certainly got a kick in the rear. 9.1 was noticeably slower than
> Mandrake.

Yes it was and I'm not sure what Suse did, but 9.2 is turbocharged
where 9.1 was merely *ok* on my system.
Not bad, but not great either.
FWIW others have reported the opposite and I can appreciate that as
well.
It all depends.
 
> SuSE is still the reigning champ in Linux, for me. It's not trying to be
> dumbed down like Xandros or Linspire, yet it's very easy to use and
> maintain. However, they really need to update their package system. Either
> make YaST use Apt or Red Carpet Express, or use something similar like
> URPMI. Just plain old RPM just doesn't do the trick now-a-days...

I agree completely.

Personally I think apt is the future but and apt does exist for Suse
but after a bad experience I stay away because it doesn't seem to
play nice with Yast.
The Yoper synaptic system is tops from what limited experience I
have.
It just seems to work and when conflicts do occur the messages are
meaningful and point toward a solution instead of just saying "it
didn't work".

Suse truly is a professional system and I urge anyone searching for a
Linux distro to give it a try.
There are many great Linux distributions out there, but for me Suse
is tops and I have tried quite a few over time (more than this
message indicates).a 

-- 
Sven Lossman 
"Freedom of choice is humanities most basic right. 
Take it away and the result will be  anarchy"

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