SUSE Linux ?

[James Knott]

Geoffrey Hunter wrote:
> Today I heard of the SUSE Linux distribution: it is being supported by
> UNISYS on their servers.  Does anybody on this TLUG list know more
> about it and/or have experience using it ?  I got the impression that
> it is a carefully selected set of applications on top of the kernel.
> The acronym is originally German: Systems und Software Engineering.
> I'm interested because my currently used Linux (Mandrake 8.1) has
> several problems:
> a) the only way to get a multi-page file to print is to re-boot,
> b) it hangs up after trying to read/write to a floppy,
> c) only one instance of Mozilla can be run concurrently,
> d) the K-shell is not user-friendly - its Midnight Commander
> emulation has no supporting documentation telling you how to
> change directories, or link the command box to the 2 directory boxes,
> e) it is slow to initialize applications compared with Windows.
>     I ordered the latest Mandrake on the web (for around $25) a couple
> of weeks ago, but it still hasn't arrived, so I'm mostly using Windows
> now to avoid the problems listed above.

I'm running 9.1 on two systems, including my ThinkPad and 9.0 on one. 
While there are some quirks, overall it runs well.
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