[PLUG] Warning About SuSE 8
Alex Daniloff
alex at daniloff.com
Mon Apr 29 04:41:42 UTC 2002
Robert,
At first I thought that you're just a man who needs some help with Linux and
who is willing to study and learn the system.
I could help you with SuSE 'cause it's my favorite distro.
Now it appears that you're just a hopless hysterical whiner and troll.
Say thanks one more time to your god Bill Gate$ and get your dirty ass off
this list.
Linux is not for a such shamefull dork like you.
I'm blocking you forewer from my mailbox
Hope other PLUG'ers will do the same.
On Sunday 28 April 2002 07:15 pm, you wrote:
> With that in mind I have just blocked you Matt Alexander. One strike and
> your out. Asshole.
>
> Robert
>
>
>
> "Matt Alexander" <m at netpro.to> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1020041123.1633.plug at lists.pdxlinux.org...
>
> > +--------------+
> >
> > | PLEASE |
> > | DO NOT FEED |
> > | THE TROLLS |
> > | --The Mgt.|
> >
> > +------++------+
> >
> > o o o || *
> > ,,\|/,,,||,,,/,,,
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> >
> > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002, Robert wrote:
> > > The trouble with posting more details is I could spend all day writing
>
> down
>
> > > error messages or steps I took to get nowhere. After hours of
>
> frustration
>
> > > with Linux I do what most people do and give up. More people have
> > > tried Linux then stick with it. The last thing I will do after a few
> > > late
>
> night
>
> > > hours of frustration while trying to scan a picture is log onto a
>
> newsgroup.
>
> > > I went to bed instead. The next night I scanned in Windows 98 and
>
> thanked
>
> > > God for Bill Gates. I also put Linux away for a month.
> > >
> > > I did spend some more time with SuSE 8.0, nearly 6 hours now, and I now
>
> say
>
> > > it is the absolute worst Linux I have ever used. It absolutely refuses
>
> to
>
> > > detect my modem, refuses to link up with my network printer, and is
> > > generally useless. In my opinion it is a degraded version of 7.2.
>
> Since
>
> > > the older version worked fine with my computer modem and the new
> > > version can't even detect it, what else am I supposed to say? I like
> > > Debian
>
> much
>
> > > better. It refused to install on my computer so I never wasted hours
>
> trying
>
> > > to configure it. SuSE should have had the grace to do the same.
> > >
> > > As for SuSE help, one of the things that made me go to Red Hat 7.2 was
>
> that
>
> > > after months of trying to get SuSE 7.2 to work with my network, I
>
> decided
>
> > > that instead of just reading portions here and there of the supplied
>
> "SuSE
>
> > > Linux 7.2 Network" book, I would read it from the beginning, cover to
>
> cover.
>
> > > In the beginning I found the following description of the book:
>
> "Although
>
> > > installation support is extensive, any network setup is not included."
>
> In
>
> > > other words, it a damn book on theory, not actual practice. It lacks
>
> actual
>
> > > setup procedures for networks. I should have known better than spend
>
> any
>
> > > more money on 8.0 or waste my time trying to set it up.
> > >
> > > Most people just give up. I stuck it out with Linux, and get
> > > frustrated
>
> as
>
> > > hell trying to get it to work. If I was doing it all for fun I could
> > > probably post every error message or click that did nothing. But I was
> > > relying on it, making it all the more frustrating when it doesn't work.
> > >
> > > I am putting Linux away now. I am not sure when I will want to boot
>
> into it
>
> > > again. I am limiting myself to Windows for the rest of the day so I can
>
> have
>
> > > a restful nights sleep. Linux will have to wait a few weeks or until I
>
> get
>
> > > some fresh enthusiasm.
> > >
> > > Robert
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > "Russell Evans" <revans at e-z.net> wrote in message
> > > news:mailman.1020034882.30869.plug at lists.pdxlinux.org...
> > >
> > > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 14:18:56 -0700, Robert said:
> > > > > So we arrive at today. SuSE 8.0 installed alright, easily in fact.
> > >
> > > Weird
> > >
> > > > > though, it does not install a number of programs any newbie would
> > >
> > > normally
> > >
> > > > > use by default, so I choose them individually. Among them
> > > > > Netscape
> > >
> > > 6.2, CD
> > >
> > > > > burning software, and Mozilla mail (even though Mozilla browser is
> > >
> > > there,
> > >
> > > > > by default they leave out the mail program!?).
> > > >
> > > > SuSE 8.0 default install with office assumes you will use KDE 3.0 and
>
> that
>
> > > > comes with Konqueror and Kmail. The reason Mozilla is installed is
> > > > so
> > >
> > > that you
> > >
> > > > can chose to use the geeko engine if you like and the mozilla
> > > > plugins.
> > >
> > > Netscape
> > >
> > > > 6.2 is really Mozilla with marketing.
> > > >
> > > > > I thought I had modem installation and internet access down to a
> > >
> > > science
> > >
> > > > > now, even in Linux, but the new SuSE has proven me wrong. In Red
>
> Hat
>
> > > my
> > >
> > > > > modem is found under /dev/tty/S4. The new SuSE only goes as far
> > > > > as
>
> /S3
>
> > > and
> > >
> > > > > even if I manually enter /S4 it will not work. No amount of
> > >
> > > experimenting
> > >
> > > > > with settings was able to produce a recognizable modem. I went
>
> through
>
> > > > > every listed setting. So no internet access.
> > > >
> > > > As noted in other posts, you seem to be making some mistake in
> > > > posting
>
> or
>
> > > > configuration. In Yast2 that is a hardware icon that will probe your
> > >
> > > hardware
> > >
> > > > and give you a very nice read out. You can use this to find your
> > > > modem settings.
> > > >
> > > > > I gave up on that and decided to now try the CD burning program,
>
> but
>
> > > found
> > >
> > > > > it is as defective as any other Linux CD Burner program I have
> > > > > ever
> > >
> > > (not
> > >
> > > > > been able to) use(d).
> > > >
> > > > As you don't say what CDBurner program you are using there isn't
>
> anyway to
>
> > > know
> > >
> > > > what your issue is. I assume you read the manual on setting up an IDE
> > >
> > > cdrom, if
> > >
> > > > you are using one. The SuSE manual is one of the best parts of the
> > > > distribution. At $40 a crack, I would get my money's worth and read
>
> it.
>
> > > > > It also detected my scanner automatically, but
> > > > > whenever I click on anything to do with the scanner, nothing
>
> happens.
>
> > > At
> > >
> > > > > least with Red Hat, it scans an image, lets me look at it, and
> > > > > then
> > >
> > > refuses
> > >
> > > > > to save it!
> > > >
> > > > Click, click, click, and nothing happens. I assume you're venting
> > >
> > > frustration
> > >
> > > > here and not really looking for help. If you are looking for help,
>
> some
>
> > > more
> > >
> > > > information will be needed.
> > > >
> > > > > SuSE 8.0 does have some nice new screen backrounds, but the fonts
>
> and
>
> > > menus
> > >
> > > > > are typical Linux at its worst or near worst. I don't feel like
>
> wasting
>
> > > > > time fiddling with it since it is probably the best it can ever be
>
> and
>
> > > I
> > >
> > > > > will probably reinstall the whole mess again hoping it might, God
> > >
> > > willing,
> > >
> > > > > detect the modem next time.
> > > >
> > > > I think you will be wasting your time reinstalling in hopes of
> > > > finding
> > >
> > > your
> > >
> > > > modem. Since you bought the distribution you should use the install
> > >
> > > support
> > >
> > > > that came with it. I have found the SuSE support helpful and timely
> > > > in
>
> the
>
> > > two
> > >
> > > > cases were I needed it.
> > > >
> > > > > Although I spent the week hating Microsoft and hoping all the
>
> school
>
> > > > > districts would ban new Windows purchases and get Linux instead, I
>
> now
>
> > > am
> > >
> > > > > spending the weekend greatfull that a company like Microsoft
>
> provides
>
> > > an
> > >
> > > > > operating system that actually works right out of the box.
> > > >
> > > > What this really means, is that Mircosoft had the money, or market
>
> share
>
> > > to
> > >
> > > > make the hardware vendor supply the hardware documentation or write a
> > >
> > > driver
> > >
> > > > that worked.
> > > >
> > > > Linux has neither and so hardware support is not universal and
>
> sometimes
>
> > > even
> > >
> > > > the best installer fails on supported hardware.
> > > >
> > > > We all have bad installs. I spent Friday night trying to Win2K on a
>
> box
>
> > > and
> > >
> > > > that install was unsuccessful. The box would take Win98se and XP but
>
> not
>
> > > W2K. I
> > >
> > > > of course, bought W2k for it, not either of the others, so I was very
> > >
> > > unhappy.
> > >
> > > > What can you do? Relax and make lemonade is all.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank you
> > > > Russell
> > >
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