I only recently learned that running SuSEConfig is the secret to making that work. It didn't take me long to figure out I could make changes in the config files and then run the YAST module, which would usually pick up the changes, and apply them in YAST, and everything would then work. Just running SuSEConfig is certainly a much better way to do it. Most of my time with SuSE up until recently has been on a workstation, where I didn't really need to configure all sorts of services.
SuSE is definitely nice. It rapidly became my favorite distribution, and has held that pretty firmly. I do have some concerns, though, that given enough time, Novell might just mess it up beyond all recognition. So I question its long-term viability. Does anyone else share that concern? It's nice to hear the recommendations about Ubuntu. I think it would have to be pretty impressive to get me to dump SuSE at this point in our project, but it might at least give us another option if SuSE does crumble. With kind regards, Peter, hieromonk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gudmund Areskoug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <ltsp-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 4:15 AM Subject: Re: [Ltsp-discuss] What distribution should I use? > Hi Peter, > > Father Peter wrote: >> However - and please correct me if I am wrong here - really - while an >> LTSP >> server does have all of the characteristics of a normal server, it also >> needs to offer all the amenities of a nice workstation. >> >> Part of why I chose SuSE for our project is because we have very >> demanding >> users, and they can be very fickle, to say the least. The success or >> failure of our LTSP project depends largely on how easy it is for them >> use >> the new workstations, and to adjust to. And things on SuSE generally >> "just >> seem to work." >> >> I'm the only "technical guy" here, so if anything ever happens to me, >> they >> need to be able to find someone who can maintain it. SuSE's YAST2 >> configuration utility makes that a lot easier. > > Almost exactly the same reasons I/we had for selecting SUSE. > >> For a "normal" server, it >> can be a pain in the neck, though. I like to set up my own configuration >> files the way I like them, and sometimes things just plain don't work on >> SuSE if you don't use YAST2, at least initially. And I haven't used SuSE >> enough yet to figure out what all is going on behind the scenes with >> YAST2. > > Did you get problems despite running SuSEConfig after the manual changes? > > BR, > Gudmund > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss > For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net > _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
