Amarnaut Chedda wrote:

> Why is Suse 9.s so slow compared to Mandrake 10.1?
> I migrated from Mandrake to Suse because I had heard good things about it
> but my experience is the oppposite, suse is very slow and seems to be
> riddled with bugs.
> I am greatful for one thing and that is I didn't pay anything for this
> garbage.
> Suse should forget about trying to be everything to everyone and at least
> release a version of Linux that works.
> Back to Mandrake for me.
> Chedda
This thread is really deteriorating!

begin Nicole Schenk piddled around and finally wrote:

> Amarnaut Chedda wrote:
>
>> Why is Suse 9.s so slow compared to Mandrake 10.1?
>> I migrated from Mandrake to Suse because I had heard good things about it
>> but my experience is the oppposite, suse is very slow and seems to be
>> riddled with bugs.
>> I am greatful for one thing and that is I didn't pay anything for this
>> garbage.
>> Suse should forget about trying to be everything to everyone and at least
>> release a version of Linux that works.
>> Back to Mandrake for me.
>> Chedda
> This thread is really deteriorating!

It never got started.

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:18:13 +0000, Phil Da Lick! wrote:

> "Jerry Basham" <ohboy@spamontoast.net> wrote in message
> newsan.2004.12.14.19.39.43.719966@spamontoast.ne t...
>>>> Perception is everything.
>>>
>>> But everything is nothing.
>>
>> But nothing is real.
>>
>
> But how would we know? If everything is nothing and nothing is real, then
> perception must be flawed. If perception may be flawed then how can we trust
> it?

It went by you. "Nothing is real." Nothing is real. Nothing else
is.

Oh, nevermind. :O)

In article <pan.2004.12.15.17.41.16.722631@spamontoast.net> ,
ohboy@spamontoast.net (Jerry Basham) writes:

> On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:18:13 +0000, Phil Da Lick! wrote:
>
>> "Jerry Basham" <ohboy@spamontoast.net> wrote in message
>> newsan.2004.12.14.19.39.43.719966@spamontoast.ne t...
>>
>>>>> Perception is everything.
>>>>
>>>> But everything is nothing.
>>>
>>> But nothing is real.
>>
>> But how would we know? If everything is nothing and nothing is real,
>> then perception must be flawed. If perception may be flawed then how
>> can we trust it?
>
> It went by you. "Nothing is real." Nothing is real. Nothing else
> is.
>
> Oh, nevermind. :O)

"In politics, perception is reality."

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Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> In article <pan.2004.12.15.17.41.16.722631@spamontoast.net> ,
> ohboy@spamontoast.net (Jerry Basham) writes:
>
>
>>On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 22:18:13 +0000, Phil Da Lick! wrote:
>>
>>
>>>"Jerry Basham" <ohboy@spamontoast.net> wrote in message
>>>newsan.2004.12.14.19.39.43.719966@spamontoast .net...
>>>
>>>
>>>>>>Perception is everything.
>>>>>
>>>>>But everything is nothing.
>>>>
>>>>But nothing is real.
>>>
>>>But how would we know? If everything is nothing and nothing is real,
>>>then perception must be flawed. If perception may be flawed then how
>>>can we trust it?
>>
>>It went by you. "Nothing is real." Nothing is real. Nothing else
>>is.
>>
>>Oh, nevermind. :O)
>
>
> "In politics, perception is reality."

lol good one.

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004 19:00:50 -0500, Amarnaut Chedda wrote:

> I am not understanding you. How does your answer explain why Mandrake is
> so much faster than Suse. I did not do a thing to Mandrake, or Suse for
> that matter. What is a flatfish?
I think it's a plaice for a sole.
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In comp.os.linux.setup Amarnaut Chedda <chedda@oblaine.net> wrote:
> Thant is a good description of Suse. Why is this distribution so slow
> compared to other pre-packaged distributions? Persoanlly, I did not like
> Mandrake because it's update/configuration system is not as good as Suse's
> yast system.
> Is there anything that can be done to speed up a default Suse installation?
> Turning off services maybe?

First thing I do when installing suse is drop to a console and type
hdparm -d1 -X66 /dev/hdc
(or whatever device the CD/DVD is on)