[KLUG Members] SUSE

[Adam Tauno Williams]

> SuSE since version 6.1, somewhere in the late '90's. I have worked with 
> Caldera and RedHat before that. I personally prefere SuSE for its easy 
> installation process and its tools to manage. I know the latter (Yast) 
> is something that divides the Linux users in SuSE lovers and Haters. But 
> it works for me. And there are always possibilities to go around Yast. 
> (Yet Another Setup Tool). There is also YOU, Yast Online Update, witch 

SuSe has YAST, RedHat has up2date, Debian has apt-get, etc...  It is a bit of a
problem if you have to support multiple distros.

I'd recommend using Red Carpet for updates.  It is available for all the major
distros, has both a very nice GUI and command line interface,  you can run your
own package cache, etc....  For a small fee you can get a login/password that
enables "Express" service in Red Carpet where by you use download servers
especially for Express customers - these are always very fast.

http://www.ximian.com