SuSE 8.0 Now Shipping 298
MobyTurbo writes "Well, it's technically a day late, but SuSE Linux 8.0 is now shipping. The increase from 7.3 to 8.0 is due to the inclusion of KDE 3.0, a SuSE-modified kernel version 2.4.18 (with Andre's VM), an improved firewall, among other packages that have been upgraded or added. (Including a couple of new games. :-) )"
RedHat (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Suse is great (Score:2, Insightful)
like a Mercedes-Benz (not always good) (Score:3, Insightful)
I would say this is correct, but not necessary in a good way.
Like the car, It works very well when new, but anyone who tries to tweak of modify anything is liable to break it.
I have concluded that this would probably make a good distro for my Dad, who just wants a reliable set-up, and won't try to install the latest hot thing of the net, but for myself, I intend to switch to a more hacker friendly distro, probably Debian.
Shipping or Available for DL? (Score:2, Insightful)
I've always had a bit of a pain downloading 7.3 and it'd be great if they included some