lol
I take you're still very young or just new on this (or just joking). That's obviously just a list of all(well ...most) famous "never-ending" useless statements




OT: Those new bugs don't surprise me at all. We saw the same thing with Redhat and Fedora. I doubt that any latest release from a distro that aims to be both "community based" and "cutting edge"(including many new features) is recommended for new users.

I don't think anyone has suggested in this thread that SUSE is recommended for new users. If anyone promotes that position, it's SUSE themselves.

So you are suggesting that bug-spotting/reporting is a useless activity? Funny how nearly everyone spends so much time and money doing it.

This site is here for enthusiasts to share information. That is what we are doing, and from the traffic on this thread it appears that it is right where it ought to be. Sharing problems and solutions is one of the principle focuses of these forums. Who the hell are you to determine what goes where?

If you don't feel this thread has been pidgeon-holed correctly, it offends you, or whatever personal issue you have with this thread that bothers you, just stop clicking the link and coming here. At least then I could give you credit for a little self-control. If anything is useless, it is your complaints that we should have put this thread in the hole on the left instead of the one on the right.

Well if no one has yet, let me do so. I think SUSE is a fine distribution for new users. I recommend that they use the retail boxed version with the users guide book and support from Novell though, since openSUSE--like Fedora--is focused on the enthusiast rather than the new user.

True.
I just installed 10.1 for a friend who really doesn't know anything about computers.
The installation was indeed rather buggy but after customizing it and adding the excellent SMART package manager, it ran just fine (and very easy to use). SUSE usually starts peaking with their x.3 releases

In reply to my previous post - while 10.1 is working for me, and I quite like it, I won't allow my Linux developers (about 30), to upgrade from their existing 10.0.
I guess thats the proof of the pudding - I don't want to be stuck with supporting it.

Cheers,
Ian

Quoting your pentultimate post, Jens, "Those new bugs don't surprise me at all. We saw the same thing with Redhat and Fedora. I doubt that any latest release from a distro that aims to be both "community based" and "cutting edge"(including many new features) is recommended for new users."

What happened, forget to take your Lithium today?

I did recommend 10.0 to new users. 10.1 looks nice, and at least SUSE seems to be addressing some of the issues discussed on this board. I wouldn't however recommend 10.1 for reasons previously stated. Let's hope we are back on track with 10.2.

//Moderator.note: @flounderworks, @jens, cease your personal attacks this instant. As the LQ Rules state LQ is not the place that. Get this thread back on track with facts, objective remarks, or please leave this thread if you insist on continued enmity.