[Techtalk] RedHat - Fedora Linux - alternatives -> SuSE 8.2

[EevaJärvinen]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 01:40:24AM +1000, Rasjid Wilcox wrote:
> Also, you can 'Configure Fully Automatic Update' which will install updates 
> once a day without any need for user interaction.  This is just a cron job, 
> so could almost certainly be edited to run more often if desired.

This sounds good.

> Since you have a Gnome focus, I don't really know how SuSE will be
> for you.  Personally, if you have the bandwidth for the free (other
> than ISP charges) FTP install, I'd suggest giving SuSE a go.  If you
> were in Australia, I'd offer to burn you some CD's and post them to
> you.  Since (based on your email address) you are elsewhere, perhaps
> someone closer to wherever you are may be able to offer the same
> (assuming you are interested).

No need; I just ordered an 8.2 Pro box from Amazon for about 40 euros.
I'll give it a shot and see how it works.  SuSE says on their website
that 8.2 includes Gnome 2.2; that's good enough for me.  Also, the
packages I'd like to have seem to be on the list as well.


thanks for all who responded,
Eeva

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