Suse Linux 9.0 Professional Edition

I think my childs diaper had more functionality than this did. Save your money and just use Windows!


Dont waste your money   November 7, 2003
10 out of 32 found this review helpful

Well my advise is to save some frustration and get Red Hat instead. I bought this one and repeadedly tried to install the mysql package that was included. Well after trying many times and not having it work, I tried Red Hat 9 and suprisingly the same things that I tried and didnt work with SUSE suddenly worked just fine on Red Hat. I do admit im new to Linux but I do know when something works and not and Red Hat actually works as advertised.


Very buggy and no software applications   November 20, 2003
9 out of 35 found this review helpful

How could anyone give this software a high rating. I installed this software and one of the first things you notice is how disorganized and unstructured this operating system is. It is like a car built by 50 people with no one seeing what the other one is doing. Very frustrating and there is NO MULIT-MEDIA SUPPORT! Another sore point, also, the operating system does not detect ALL the hardware. It is impossible to get it to work. This renders a computer useless and if you need to get real work done then you wind up using Windows. So it is a waste of money.

Second, the GUI display is slow, with a disorganized menu system. It makes no sense, another deal where no one talked to anybody while writing it. Software crashes are common with the Segmentation Faults all over the place. If you are looking for drivers then forget it, they don't exist.

Lastly, if you are wanting to spend money on a computer to just sit then this is for you. When it is time to work you need Windows, leave this for the kids to play with.


SuSE 9.0 Rocks!   November 24, 2003
John H. Terpstra (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
9 out of 14 found this review helpful

I test installed SuSE 9.0 on a bank of Intel PCs that would not play kindly with any previous Linux distro, and to my surprise SuSE 9.0 installed cleanly AND recognized all the hardware without need for any intervention.

I write documentation for Samba and Linux in DocBook XML/XSLT - SuSE 9.0 is the first Linux distribution that has everything I need ready configured to produce PDF formatted files that can go directly to the printing press. The cost savings and the flexibility provided by SuSE 9.0 is amazing.

SuSE 9.0 is a must!


PC is now crashed thanks to Linux   December 1, 2003
9 out of 43 found this review helpful

My PC has now crashed trying to install this horrible software. All of my information on my hard-drive (Windows) side is now unavailable, plus when I try to boot my machine it crashes with a kernel panic. Anyone who gives this 5 stars, PLEASE do not fall for their review. If you want to lose all information and have a PC that is trashed then this is for you.

Now I understand why no one in their right mind uses this horrible, unstable mess.