[huskerlug] Re: PCLinuxOS
- From: GreyGeek <jkreps@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:43:39 -0500
On Sunday 25 June 2006 3:50 am, Jim Worrest wrote:
> PCLinuxOS does work very well. It seems to have all the important programs
> that you would want for a Desktop system.=20
That's my observation too. In fact, if I don't want to hear from some noo=
b=20
who wants me to recommend a Linux distro I always recommend PCLinuxOS,=20
because it is so easy to install, use and maintain. It does get in the way=
=20
of power use, however, but noobs rarely rise to that level.
> I suppose what I grip about=20
> --and I shouldn't at all!--is that it doesn't work like SuSE. =A0I have
> gotten use to some of it's peculiarities, that is, what makes it different
> from SuSE, I'm not displeased with the way it works. =A0Since it's one 3
> distros I have on hard-drive, I can pick and choose. =A0It does seem to b=
e a
> reliable OS, and I wouldn't discourage anyone in trying it out and using
> it.
I experienced the same phenomena. I used SUSE exclusively=20
Mandrake was a pain, for a while. When I tried KNOPPIX is was like I neve=
r=20
knew Linux at all, for a while. Originally SUSE's YAST was console based,=
=20
and having come from RH 5.0 I was more familiar with command line Linux=20
configurations. But, as YAST became YAST2 (graphical) and its ability to=20
manage SUSE improved to the "point and click" I also began using the comman=
d=20
line less and less. IMO, PCLinuxOS is the pennicle of P&C Linux=20
maintanence, but MEPIS is getting there. The are two reasons why I like=20
MEPIS: =20
1) Debian based app packages (deb) which I've come to prefer over rpm=20
packages,=20
2) the size of the repository and the ease with which apps are added or=20
removed from your installation,=20
3) the ease of upgrading a release to the next release (so far...)
>
> SuSE 10.2 alpha (10.1 has some bugs in it) is something I'm going to try
> out on a 64 bit computer, except I got to get that put together. I had to
> really look under some stones to get everything I wanted for SuSE 9.3, but
> I managed to do so. =A0I don't think they ever came out for the fix for
> infamous not recognizing the floppy drive. =A0I just usually use xdosemu =
to
> transfer files from floppies to that distro, though. =A0---Jim
The thing I've come to dislike about SUSE is that when ever you make even a=
=20
single change YAST has to run through more than a dozen scripts to set the=
=20
change. It's slow in doing it.
I'm concerned that Novell is going down the tubes. Messman had no faith in=
=20
Linux and never had a clue about it or the GPL. Hovsepian, the new CEO,=20
made a totally ridiculus statement last fall when he was hired as a COO,=20
which showed he knew absolutely nothing about that state SUSE/NetWare was i=
n,=20
or even if there was a Linux based NetWare in the works. His statement wou=
ld=20
have made sense THREE years ago, when Novell bought SUSE, but now it means=
=20
either that he is clueless, or that Novell has done NOTHING with merging=20
NetWare, Linux, services and single point login together. Either way it=20
spells trouble for Novell.
GreyGeek
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