lunaslide wrote:
> At 04:58 PM 1/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >
> >I'm new to Linux and have been reading/lurking for some time but
> >now am ready to do it [the first install].
> >
> >I've had my S.u.S.E. Linux 5.3 for about six months now. The date
> >on the ends of the case of CD disks is July 1998.
> >
> >Is this this buggy edition from the early release, that was the talk of
> >the day a few months back? Is it OK to go with or should I try and
> >get a later release?
> >
> >Help with this potentially aggravating problem is welcomed now.
> >Don't need extra difficulty if it can be avoided now. Thanks..
>
> There are updates on the SuSE ftp site. SuSE tends to be less buggy out of
> the box than RH, in my experience.
>
> Here's an experiment, especially for the guy or gal asking about the diff
> between Red Hat and SuSE: go to both sites and look at the list of Errata
> for each distribution. It's enlightening! After installing RH 5.1 and
> then looking at that, my next distribution was SuSE.
That's the main reason I switched from Red Hat 5.0 to SuSE 5.3 as well. We have
to be careful here though; if Linux distributors thought issuing more bug fixes
made their product look bad, they might become more reluctant to do it. Like for
example how long did it take Microsoft to release a service pack to correct the
mistakes in Windows 98? They knew about those bugs even before the prodict was
launched but the early release of a service pack would have been a pulic
admission that the product was bug-ridden.
One other downside of all those updates is that although there is a patch format
for rpms, it's hardly ever used - you almost always have to download the whole
package even for a minor bug fix. And then you've got to find space for it on
backup media too.
Ralph
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