One downside to the SuSE 7.2 install is the nonconfiguration of my CDRW
using the defaults. I have an IDE CDRW. I think at this point, this is
something a true desktop install should do automatically.
-Robert
Robert Haeckl wrote:
>
> For those who envision Linux and the accompanying apps as a desktop for
> the masses, the install is often cited as a cumbersome hurdle. Although
> it would be nice to see all the major computer distributors offer Linux
> as a preinstalled option, this probably isn't going to happen any time
> soon. My experience has been that installing most boxed Linux sets has
> become almost a trivial procedure if you accept all the defaults. SuSE
> 7.2 is no different.
>
> I went to a Caldera demonstration a year or so ago showing how simple
> ("4 mouse clicks") it is to install their brand. I have to say that the
> SuSE 7.2 version was just as simple and easy to do. Configuration, if
> you opt not to accept the defaults, was straight-forward.
>
> Decent documentation in the form of 4-5 manuals/booklets is included,
> too. When I used SuSE 6.3 a couple years ago, I remember getting
> frustrated using their YAST2 configuration program. If you edited
> configuration files by hand, YAST2 sometimes refused to work on that
> configuration again. This may still be true, but the main manual shows
> what is changed in the YAST configuration file and what files are edited
> by the backend of YAST (SuSEconfig). Linuxconf with RedHat does the
> same thing, but I think SuSE's documentation reveals better what YAST is
> doing for those who want to know.
>
> This isn't so much a recommendation for SuSE as it is a optimistic view
> that Linux can be a real competitor for the Desktop market.
>
> -Robert
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