[NTLUG:Discuss] USB Keyboards (again)

[MadHat]

On Fri, 2003-03-28 at 12:53, MontyS at videopost.com wrote:
> Just curious - why do you want to move away from RedHat?  I am not trying to
> start a distro war, just wondering what the differences are.
> 
> I've been poking around linux using redhat for years (except for a short
> stint with turbolinux and slackware), and am now using it at my job as well.
> I have never had the box and/or time to look at other distros.
> 
> Just wondering... that's all.
> 

I have been using RH since about v2.x (I have the CD right here, circa
1995) and I have been happy with it, for the most part.  So I am now
working on this tablet, and 2 things pushed me over the edge this week. 

First, RH is about to release their 9.0, rather than updating 8.0, bad
move, I think...  This means that I can't really consider the 8.x line
as stable and the 9.x even less so.  This is just from past experiences
of RedHat releases.

Next, after I got RH installed on the tablet, I tried and tried to
recompile the kernel.  I have not had issues with this pre 8.0, but I
know others have.  I could not get the standard eepro network card to
work and a host of other unreasonable problems.  I have not had so many
problems with simple things, not even the things I didn't expect to
work, but standard should work anywhere type things.

And of course when I actually had support, every issue I called in about
was answered with "We don't support that", so I need to look at other
alternatives for my own sanity. 

BTW, with some tweaking (with the network install .iso) I have gotten
SuSE installed and working, kind of.  We will see how long it survives.

-- 
MadHat at Unspecific.com
`But I don't want to go among mad people,' Alice remarked.
`Oh, you can't help that,' said the Cat: `we're all mad here...'
   -- Lewis Carroll - _Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland_