On Monday 12 February 2007 11:48, Bryan Tyson wrote: > On Sun, 2007-02-11 at 19:13 -0800, J Sloan wrote: > > all systems here are running better than any > > previous release of linux I've tried. > > I think it runs just fine. I have no complaints about how it runs. My > objection is that to install one measly package takes so long I have to > go away and do something else while it scans the repositories.
Just for clarity, in 10.2 you can choose from several package management systems. Under YaST->Software Management->Patterns both Enterprise Software Management (ZENworks Linux Management) and openSUSE Software Management are available. The first one is essentially the same as from 10.1 and I agree with you it is still ridiculously slow. However I've found the openSUSE Software Management choice works quite well and is *much* faster than ZEN and friends. > How do you set it up so that packages can be installed in a normal length of > time? I don't know what you consider a normal length of time, but I just fired up YaST -> Software management and it took 36 seconds to scan the repositories and bring up the installation screen (I have 5 listed, one set to refresh). I imagine there is still room for improvement here, but this is by no means a showstopper for me. > And why does it not come that way by default? Unfortunately the installation defaults to the Enterprise version. From your complaints it sounds like you went with the default. (correct?) I know you've said you've gotten rid of 10.2 for these reasons, but if you like it otherwise, you might to try it again, and avoid ZEN and company. -- Don -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
