Re: What are YOUR reason to run openSUSE (Re: How to obtain older rpm?)

On Wed, 22 Jul 2009, houghi wrote:-

I have seen running distro's and once the wallpaper has been changed, it
is not easy to decide wich distro I was running and it actualy did not
matter.

I can tell when I'm using Fedora, Mandriva, or openSUSE. There's a
slightly different "feel" to each of them. In truth, there are some
aspects of Fedora[0] that I like, although it would actually be
difficult for me to put them into words. At the same time, the last time
I tried Mandriva, 2007 IIRC, it just felt so "wrong" that I removed it
again quite quickly.

I might grab a copy of the Mandriva 2009 release, just to have another
look at it. Unfortunately, I already know that I'm quite biased against
it, so it's going to have to be a very nice release to make me even
consider keeping it installed.

Are there other advantages (or disadvatages) of running openSUSE besides
installation of OS and/or packages (including availablilty?) for
you(plural)?

You mean other than makeSUSEdvd? :-)

As a start, I will tell why I run openSUSE. When I started with Linux, I
was able to buy a magazine with SuSE 5.3 or 5.4.

I started a bit later than that. My first version was 6.1, bought as a
boxed set. After installing it, I passed it on to a friend, the same as
I did with the 6.3 I bought a little later[1]. As to why I picked
S.u.S.E. instead of Redhat, I don't know. I think it was a purely random
choice at the time, but I'm quite happy with the choice I made.

I did not have a CD
burner and I was on dialup, so downloading was not realy an option.

That reminds me of both the joys and pains of 7.0. I bought the 7.0
personal version, and wished I had put the extra towards getting the
professional version. The first thing I ended up doing was spending
several hours downloading a load of packages that I was missing.

Then there was the online upgrade to 7.1 and 7.2, both of which were
quite "fun". The joy of a download timing out part way through
downloading a 20MB package at 28.8k, and having to restart the download,
meant spending quite a while watching as the install proceeded.

After that, I decided that it would be much easier on me if I just
bought 7.3.

Later on I bought the boxed sets

I was doing that upto 10.3, where Novell were kind enough to send me
copies of that release and 11.0, although I wasn't offered one for 11.1.

and now I can download or make my own
CD/DVD. So for me it was availability.

Mine was purely a random choice, and one that I stuck with.



[0] I still have a Fedora Core 10 installed and have to upgrade it to
11. Not sure when I'll get around to doing that.

[1] I still have the installation media for 7.0, 7.3, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1,
9.2, 9.3, 10.0, 10.2, 10.3 and 11.0, all of which are within easy reach.
Not sure where 8.3 or 9.0 media went.

Regards,
David Bolt

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