[LUAU] SuSE advantages
George Toft
LinuxAdvocate at iname.com
Fri Feb 12 22:20:45 PST 1999
Keith Leong wrote:
>
> Could some one tell me what is special about the SuSE distribution? I would like to know before I blow away my Slackware and install SuSE 5.3.
I can only compare SuSE vs RedHat.
If you're a GUI type, the various window managers are
set up nicer. SaX, the X configuration tool, is
awesome.
The admin tool is completely text-based, so you don't
have to run X to do simple stuff. Of course this
means little if you're a command line commando.
Unfortunately, SuSE doesn't come with a DHCP client,
although you can download one from their site.
BIG WARNING: SuSE 5.3 is libc5-based. They included
glibc2 libraries to run glibc2 programs, but the
distro is compiled against libc5. SuSE 6.0 is
glibc2-based.
I'm avoiding SuSE 6.0 to give it time to settle out.
6.1 should have the 2.2 kernel.
Overall, I think SuSE makes a great workstation OS,
and Red Hat makes a good gateway OS.
NEXT BIG WARNING: SuSE has been catching a lot of
flack lately for their lack of North American
support. If you speak German, you can go to their
German website and keep up-to-date. Red Hat seems
to support the US market much better.
Finally, if you subscribe to the distribution's
mailing list, you'll find the SuSE group much nicer
and helpful - much like those of us on LUAU.
George
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