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List:       opensuse
Subject:    Re: [opensuse] Can you say ripoff - OT
From:       Martin Mielke <m_mlk () yahoo ! com>
Date:       2007-01-10 1:03:24
Message-ID: 20070110010324.44592.qmail () web34514 ! mail ! mud ! yahoo ! com
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Hi there,

far from wanting to sound rude... maybe it would be a good idea to check the so \
called Hardware Compatibility List (http://hardwaredb.suse.de/?LANG=en_UK) before \
compulsively buying anything... :-)

A for your question... maybe not for "all" but for most of them.


Cheers (and good night!),
Martin


----- Original Message ----
From: Digvijoy Chatterjee <digvijoy.c@gmail.com>
To: opensuse@opensuse.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 1:33:48 AM
Subject: Re: [opensuse] Can you say ripoff - OT

As much as I hate M$ , let me share my experiences with my new HP
dv6171cl , laptop
with AMD TL-52 dual core , 2GB Ram , M$ Media Centre. blabla....
I pick it off of the store , i run to my house to shrink the windows
partition and install Opensuse-10.2
ok
1) Normal install breaks in partitioning ......good no worries
2) Safe Install goes through....uses nv for Nvidia GeForce Go 6150
..kernel crashes repeatedly
on trying to install libstdc++41-x86_64 ,
3) Safe Install Suse-10.0 , hoping kernel is stable , now it crashes
more randomly
4) Try and upgrade 10.0 to 10.2 ..install breaks in removal of unused packages
4.1) Install 10.2 in safe mode again...
5) i file X.org bugs in bugzilla.novell.com, reply is 'WONTFIX' please
use nvidias proprietary drivers
6) I take another 2 days to get my nvidia driver compiled and running
, by googling for hours to figure out that i gotta boot the kernel
with noapic
7) In these two days , I try Ubuntu Dapper Drake , for all its worth ,
the live CD cannot even start X
talk abt use friendly...ironic
8) I manage to insert nvidia.ko and restart X using sax , i have had
an uptime of 3 days now.
9) My broadcom wireless ( bcm43xx.ko ) doesnot work gotta do some
firmware stuff...etc..

I love Linux and Suse ,and i had no qualms abt  struggling  for 2
weeks before I am all set , do u expect a newbie to buy a laptop and
break his head like this ,  or would he rather pay those exorbitant
charges and get a peace of mind and use his laptop....

Is Linux really really ready for "ALL" Desktops ..????

Thanks
Digz


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