[NTLUG:Discuss] <sigh> Which distro this time?

[Leroy Tennison]

Fred wrote:
> Leroy:
> 
> I just installed opensuse 11.2/KDE 4.3 on a P4 Dell laptop 
> and the jury is still out. Most seems to work ok... most.
> There are irritating little gems like the 11.2 bug that says
> that the DHCPCD (client) default process has to be killed
> and then restarted in order for the networking to work.
> Most irritating. That one little quirk would make it not
> ready for prime time in any book. But it is a simple matter 
> to bring up a term and type it in. BUT I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO!!!
> 
> I never have liked KDE 4's look and feel. I think it is an awkward
> layout. Some people, however, especially the dweebs that
> created it, like it fine. So be it. IceWM works well.
> 
> Upgrades don't work. Best thing since drives are so cheap is to
> get a new drive, install the OS on it, then move over any data
> you want from the old drive. Scuze me... upgrades don't work 
> right like they are supposed to and it takes less time to do a
> fresh install than it does to screw with the upgrade. My opinion,
> of course. YMMV
> 
> On balance, I repeat what everyone else says: If you want
> stability then stick with enterprise versions and don't go
> with bleeding edge, which this definitely is. And if you
> go with the latest and greatest, do updates regularly
> to get the latest bug fixes and be prepared for the updates to 
> break something, usually the program that you most need
> at the time.
> 
> Good luck,
> Fred
> 
> 
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Hmmm, if the DHCP client has to be manually restarted to work that's a
real pain.

I've got the hard drive(s) to install on, sounds like it's "download and
test" time.  Thanks for the input.