On Mon, 26 Dec 2011, Felix Miata wrote: > On 2011/12/25 00:44 (GMT-0500) Felmon Davis composed: > >> ...I sort of abandoned OpenSUSE a while ago >> as I grew to like apt-get. > > Before openSUSE created zypper? Maybe it's time for another try. yes, before zypper. I have noticed the improvements (from reading the newsgroups). maybe I should try it again but I'm not sure why. >> I recently did a live-boot of it on a 1gb netbook and it seemed >> inordinately sluggish while other live distros were sprightlier. >> probably could be configured to better effect but I didn't bother. > > "Live" distros are an art all their own. For this reason, I only use the > original, Knoppix, when I need a live Linux. I tried the 'live' just to have a look-see, not because I 'need' a live distro. I have a spare netbook and decided to peek at some other distros. when it was sluggish, I certainly wasn't motivated to go further and install it. but I concur with you that it is not an adequate test of the distro in its natural environment. > For normal installations, openSUSE with KDE3 have always worked best > for me. Now with System V init having been replaced or set for > replacement, my distaste for Debian clumping of everything into only > two runlevels may disappear, which in turn might lead me to a new > preference. guess I'm indifferent to this limitation. I agree it's no fun mucking in inittab. F. -- Felmon Davis When one burns one's bridges, what a very nice fire it makes. -- Dylan Thomas