[NTLUG:Discuss] SuSE post 11.0 BAD NEWS - Need a new distro

[Stephen Davidson]

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Greetings.

11.1 issued a series up updates this week, one of which disabled
wireless networking.  I was on the road at the time, and with hotels
switching to wireless only, that knocked me completely offline.  This on
top of earlier reported issues.

Installed 11.2.  Mouse worked, but that was the ONLY USB device
supported.  USB harddisks were definitely not.  In addition, two
wireless cards that previously worked (the onboard as well as a PCMCIA
one) were no longer able to finish connecting to a network (both scanned
networks no problem, just could not connect).

Wireless networking &  These are basic functions.  Without them, the
machine (in this case) is not usuable.  I do NOT have time to be chasing
all this kind of stuff down.

My SuSE 11.0 installation seems to be the last of the viable SuSEs, and
even there, I've been limping along with a malfunctioning CUPs install.

At this point, I am looking for a new distribution.  What it needs to
support "out-of-the-box";
- - Thunderbird
- - Firefox
- - AMD-64 bit
- - Wireless (would prefer support of built-in chips, but ability to
purchase and use Wireless PCMCIA or USB cards acceptable)
- - VPN
- - USB Harddisks, including encrypted ones.

Would like support for (but not required):
- - Evolution
- - Cups Printing
- - Guest OSes (Convenient to be able to run MS in a window, I
occasionally need to see how IEx renders a webpage)
- - Multi-CPU Hardware
- - Blackberry Syncing

Suggestions?

- -Steve

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