SuSE install

[gzf at gbr.msd.ray.com (Jerry Feldman {75562})]

Christoph Doerbeck A242369 wrote:
> 
> Jerry Feldman {75562} wrote:
> 
> > That is correct. The SuSE installation does not spoon feed you like Red Hat
> > does, but it is a more thorough package on the same lines as Debian.
> 
> As I am working to evaluate the various distributions, I'd have to say that
> SUSE was a bit disappointing.  Although this is in the field of "personal
> choice" and not "technical merit"... I prefer RedHat's one CD install.
> Once the system is up, then I can go back and add other packages.  The fact
> that I had to spoon-feed SUSE 6 CD's to install was lame.
What do you mean spoon feed. It asks for the appropriate CD. I found that
the SuSE CDs were all full of data. It is a very complete distribution, and
you have more choices. It includes StarOffice and Word Perfect. Other than
it requiring 6 CDs, did you find their package manager reasonable?


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