[KLUG Members] Suse questions

[Michael W. Holdeman]

While I'm admitidadly no expert (especially at spelling!) Here is what I 
have. 
1 P 150  64megs RAM some large HD's for a file server running COL 2.4
1 P3 450 512megs RAM 32gig HD. desktop running COL eD2.4, kernel 2.4.9 and 
Win4Lin 3.0 for win98se windows apps.
1 K6 500 running SuSE 7.2 Pro full install, Desktop machine, running Win4Lin 
3 again for win apps.
and 1 IBM TP600 P2 300 512 meg RAM running SuSE 7.2 Pro and using IceWM for 
the desktop. 

Here is my take. I've tried VMware, rescource hungry but will run more OS's 
than Win4Lin. If you just need some legacy win apps try Win4Lin.

I LOVE the COL 2.4 server never crashes, this machine is my file server and 
my gateway, firewall (I know, I'm working on another machine now for the 
gw/firewall) this is rock solid distro.

I LOVE the COL eD2.4 on teh desktop, rock solid distro, had to upgrade the 
Kernel and some other stuff over the year, but I really like it. I have COL 
WS 3.1.1 but have not tried it yet. Mostly becuase I'm reading about EXT3 for 
the next server.

I really Like the SuSE7.2 pro on teh laptop. Although KDE is too heavy snd 
slow on teh 300 processor, so I use IceWM, and run again Win98se on Win4Lin 
for legacy apps, on this machine the Win apps run faster with no crashes 
better than when win was native on this machine.

The SuSE desktop on teh K6 500, with 512 megs of ram, a 30gig HD... Full 
install.
This install has been problematic, I don't know exactly why. I have trouble 
with printing, as well as JAVA. As I said I am a novice user and some things 
have not been repaired because of the lack of time to research them.  There 
may be a hardware prob with this machine as memory sometimes disappears?

As for RH, I also don't want to start a war, but I was not impressed when I 
tried 7.1. It was problematis to install, and I found that although they have 
alot of stuff compiled for it (Like SuSE) anything else was problematic, it 
seemed THEY had files and libs in pecular places compared to Caldera anbd 
Suse. I have never had any trouble installing anyhthing on teh Suse machines.

All just my .02

Mike


On Friday 08 February 2002 10:38, you wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> First let me say that I am not trying to start a Suse vs Red Hat war. I
> am just hoping to get a better idea of what to expect should I delve
> into Suse.
>
> The age old argument of whether size matters or not is evident when you
> consider the packaging of Suse. I mean, 6 CD's and a DVD (in
> Professional Edition)? That's a lot of stuff! More stuff can be
> confusing though. I am specifically wondering about the VMware that
> comes with Suse Pro. Is it a full version or a demo? Does anyone know
> for sure?
>
> On configuration and administration, I understand Suse keeps some files
> in different directories than Red Hat and other RPM based distros. What
> are the differences? My initial thought is that this departure from a
> loose defacto standard of file placement would not be good. But is it?
>
> It also seems that Suse has better support for newer hardware, but I
> suppose that could be relative to the individual. My newest hardware is
> a PII-600. :) (Before that it was a 233 MMX!)
>
> I read a review recently that I thought was fair and balanced of the
> best distro for a workstation and the best distro for a server. Suse won
> both. It is in the November 26, 2001 issue of Network Computing. The
> online version can be seen at
>
> http://www.networkcomputing.com/1224/1224f2.html
>
> Tony
>
>
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