[lug] Suse 10 Dismay

[Dave Hagerty]

> This morning I started to install Suse 10, but found
>it's been dumbed down seriously.  Many packages have been
>omitted.  It's as if anything dealing with science or math


I admit that I kind of see their point.  Most people aren't interested
in BLAS, LAPACK or doing FFTs.  Most people don't do code development in
C, etc.  I don't know that I would characterize it as "dumbing down" as
much as I would call it "going where the ducks are".  

If you're going after a desktop/business type market, speed of
installation (something that's fast across a network off of a kickstart
server) starts to win.

                               Dave



-- 
Dave Hagerty
... and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Isaiah 19:9 (KJV)
 
"On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section,
it said 'Requires Windows 98 or better'. So I installed Linux."

"There is no limit to the good you can do if you don't care who gets the
credit." - George C. Marshall
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