Re: Suse Linux: Free, convoluted, confused and bug riddled.
From: Gonzalo (nomail_at_nomail.com)
Date: 04/07/05
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Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 01:08:36 -0400
Steve Long wrote:
> I confess that, since I bought Suse 9.2 Pro (yes, pair real money for it
> from the manufacturers) I have tried to load it up three times - each time
> on a new hard disk. I run it on a Pentium 3 (800MHz) and simply cannot get
> it to make a sucessfull load. The installer refuses to work with my
> Philips LCD monitor so it needs to be installed in text mode. After
> several hours the system clains to be installed but refuses to see the
> network card in the machine - or the audio card! (both work happily when
> the windows disk is inserted). It will get onto the internet through my
> Network Router (even though it claims not to see the network card which it
> is now operating through!) but will not allow setting up of the network
> because 'it cannot find a network card'? Consequently I cannot get it to
> see my network printers and have no hope of trying to network it with my
> Windows network.
>
> I'm not trying to flame Suse, I desperately want to work on a Linux System
> and bought Suse 9.2 because it seemed to be the most mature system. I have
> now bought Mandrake and will attempt to run that system (on another new
> hard disk).
>
> Yes I am a Windows user but it seems that phrase is the key - I can
> actually use Windows without having to have a deep and intimate knowledge
> of the componenet of the OS - Suse Linux is possibly as good or better
> than Windows (heaven knows, I am not a fan of Gates' products) but it is
> not in a position to wrest the market from Microsoft simply because it is
> so difficult to get going - load time for Windows XP on new disk around 2
> hours, load time for Suse 9.2 on new disk around 6 hours but with several
> failed starts.
>
> If my windows installation fails I pick up the phone to Microsoft or get
> onto the Windows XP user groups and get useful guidance on how to solve
> the problem, when (not if) a Linux installation fails we get lambasted by
> the users on groups like this for being Windows users. How can we learn to
> use this superior(?) operating system if we can't even get it to load up
> and run for us.
>
> At this point umpteen users will reply that this never happened to us and
> I must be doing something wrong!
>
Your hardware is either faulty or not properly installed. Dell, by default,
sets its HDs for cable select and I have seen Linux not like that too much.
Other than that, and unless you are trolling, it is hard to say what in
god's name is going on. I can tell you that Suse takes about an hour to
install on similar hardware to yours.
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