NB: I have openSUSE Linux running on at least 5 of my clients machines and they have all been running flawlessly for years. I on do upgrades if and when I consider them necessary (i.e If they add value by plugging leaks, fixing bugs or giving new functionality that I might take advantage of).

For those badmouthing openSUSE: Badmouthing the product on forums instead of reporting bugs or asking for help never helped anyone! I personally have posted help whenever I had the time. If you don’t like it simple don’t use it (Move on)! It’s that simple! If you don’t like the shampoo you are using to wash your hair with you get another brand, don’t you? You don’t go out of your way to bad mouth the shampoo you didn’t like. Why then do some people think it is acceptable to bad mouth a specific Linux Distribution? Do you have anything to gain? My opinion is NO! If you don’t like openSUSE get another brand (Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, whatever) which suites your needs and tastes. Linux and any distribution thereof is about making a choice! Now, if you were out to promote the product and lay claims as to why you don’t like other products such as Microsoft or Apple, that is a totally different thing. Only by positively promoting the Linux product you like you will bare a positive influence on Linux as a hole. Opensource is about competing for the best product and a poor product simple fades into oblivion.

I use openSUSE because I like and love it. Just as I have my flaws, so does it. My partner still loves me despite all of my flaws. openSUSE and Linux is a product developed by the people for the people and nobody is perfect, hence no product is perfect. Never forget that! Talking down the efforts of thousands of developers, many offering their free time and resources to change the future of computing is the dumbest thing I have ever heard or comes accross. If you don’t have anything good to say about openSUSE, simple don’t say it and move on for the sake of Linux. If you are a Mac or Microsoft fan, that I can understand. You see, with companies like Microsoft it is not about their product but their mentality. They are always in your face. Microsoft’s OEM deals / scams have hurt Linux a lot.

Now, have a good day and remember: Be Good! If you talk about any distribution of Linux, remember to talk positive, unless you are a Microsoft of Mac fan!

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Have yet to play with 12.1, but look forward to it. An I will probably favor 11.4 till 12.2 comes out. The great news is that this means SLES 12 should be out with in the year, an look forward to what innovation is brought to that. Still looking for a Roaming Profile system such as Window$ where the profile copies from server to client on logon an from client to server on log off. Maybe store the remote home dir in LDAP??? These are the reasons I use an stay with the SuSE/Novell brand.

Keep up the work, an to all the users who help with the testing, thank you.

John