OT: Linux flavors...

[Fairlight]

On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 12:47:59PM -0400, Jay Ashworth may or may not have
proven themselves an utter git by pronouncing:
> 
> Nope.  Avoid 9.1; it's not yet ready for prime time.  My perception of
> the current concensus is Pro 9.0; that's what we're using with good
> success.  The only problem I've found so far is that filePro's idea of
> 'linux' isn't compatible with the SuSE console driver.

I never had a problem.  Dropped right in and console graphics, colours, and
keymappings worked fine on the one I handled for someone.

> YOU is *nice*.  The only thing I see problems with concerns non-SuSE
> kernel modules; these may require manual juggling when YOU updates a
> kernel unless there's a mechanism I haven't learned yet -- I'm using
> ndiswrapper to manage a client's laptop's Broadcom wireless card and it
> didn't track the kernel upgrade from -226 to -231; I had to copy the
> module manually and depmod.

You mean -proprietar- kernel modules.  That's an issue with any dist, not
just SuSE.  The problem being that many vendors only seemed to release
against RH's specific kernel patches, which does one little good indeed.
But I always advocate avoiding hardware that requires proprietary drivers
-anyway-.  Even if the support is there, the timing usually sucks in
comparison to how quickly you need to upgrade for security.

mark->
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