SuSE 8.0 Installation problems

[Collins]

On Thu, 12 Sep 2002 18:30:59 -0700 (PDT) Susan Macchia
<susan at smacchia.net> wrote:
> Keith, I remember you writing something about that.  Huh, bummer. 
> Between you and Dep, I am pretty sure that it probably is the
> software, but will take Lonnie's and Peck's suggestions as well.  I
> really don't have a whole lot of time to devote to
> maintaining/upgrading, etc and was hoping to get a release that had
> most of the latest stuff.  RH 7.3 doesn't have software as new as
> SuSE 8.0, which is why I stayed w/ it. Plus, as I said, 7.3 was rock
> solid.
> 
> When I was on col 2.4, I had the time to keep the system up to date
> myself, installing new stuff as needed.  Most new software isn't
> tricky, but KDE is, and I like KDE - sorry Lonnie ;-).  But now my
> job is far more demanding and I just don't have the time...  (it is
> Linux based as well, but I am leading a project and have less time
> for the bit twiddling that I so love).
> 

Now's the time to begin planning to make the leap to a source-based
distro (LFS or gentoo come to mind).  You'll never regret the time you
invest learning one of these.  Once you've sacrificed the startup
time, you'll be up-to-date with KDE whenever you can invest the time
for an overnight compile.  The gentoo developer always has a stable
and a bleeding-edge version of KDE available.


> Anyway, thanks for everyone's support and info.  It has *all* been
> helpful.  I'm glad to be a part of this list, even if my activity is
> much less than in the past.  
> 

You've given as much in the way of support as you've taken.  Good to
hear from you.

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