SUSE 9.0 mumblings

[Collins]

On Sunday 21 December 2003 11:02, Gary wrote:
> Hi Collins,
>
> --On Sunday, December 21, 2003 10:06:16 AM -0800 Collins
>
> <erichey2 at comcast.net> wrote:
> > The automatic setup for X produced a usable if not very readable startup
> > for  my old 15" monitor.  After adjusting it for 800x600 it's livable.
> > Unfortunately some of the kde dialogs aren't setup for anything smaller
> > than  1000x768, so I have to mother them around with alt-drag.
>
> This is one of my pet peeves with SUSE. I am running 8.2, and any time I
> have changed either monitors, added an additional mouse, or changed it,
> etc, after the initial install, had nothing but problems. In RH, Kudzo most
> of the time picked up the changes automatically. If not, a simple config
> and it was done.  Not so, in my experience, with SUSE, using SAX2 (sucks2),
> changes seem to have been made, but it never works properly, 

I haven't tried sucks2 yet.  I've heard nothing but comments like yours on 
older SUSE releases, but I've heard nothing but fairly good experiences with 
9.0.  Automated stuff is the very toughest thing to get right in a linux 
environment.

They have made some progress.  For example, Postfix rather than Sendmail is 
installed by default <g>.

My next project is to learn how well (at all?) the standard SUSE firewall 
support works and to setup Samba using their builtin stuff.

-- 
Collins