Does 10.1 clear most of the problems with 10.0

When I tried upgrading from 9.3 to 10.0 I had many problems with WiFi and
several other hardware and software headaches. I don't actually need WiFi
now as have my own broadband line but am still reluctant to upgrade. Does
10.1 address most of the issues from 10.0 or should I wait for 10.2 or 10.3?

I carry out a lot of video and audio editing so am particularly interested
in such aspects as support for my Creative SB Audigy 2NX USB which I use to
input digital audio from optical SP/DIF and which has always been a
headache. Also firewire handling of DV and HDV video. I also need good
support for DVD and DVDROM reading and writing, I also use VMWare to give
me a virtual Windows 2000 Pro system for those times where linux versions of
software don't exist (yet).

Richard

ferrymanr wrote:
> When I tried upgrading from 9.3 to 10.0 I had many problems with WiFi and
> several other hardware and software headaches. I don't actually need WiFi
> now as have my own broadband line but am still reluctant to upgrade. Does
> 10.1 address most of the issues from 10.0 or should I wait for 10.2 or 10.3?

Arguably, some things are better, but things are different and there are
some cases where support for some wireless has simply gone away (but not
necessarily directly because of Novell).

What was a big headache in 10.0 with regards to wifi??


....snippity... stuff about SB Audigy 2NX and DV that I don't have...

>What was a big headache in 10.0 with regards to wifi??
With my D-link card it hardly worked. Usually there was no link to the
device in the tools. I totally gave upon WiFi in the end. On 9.3 it just
worked with the WL100 card and the D-link card (on a laptop). Seem to
remember I had to run the command 'switch_prism_driver wlan-ng' for the
WL100 though. Similar commands did not get Wl0 up. Ended up doing
downloads under Win2K or using a friends broadband link (via ethernet cable
to router) for SuSe updates. Still no joy on WiFi. Then restored my disk
image of 9.3 and gave up on 10.0 It is probable that my particular hardware
combination was the problem. Laptops are often a headache with linux as are
some pcmcia and PC cards. Guess too much is crammed into motherboard
functionality requiring special drivers.
I now have a dual core mini tower system on soak test - running DOS!!!!! I
intend to install 9.3 on it in the next few days but could be tempted to
download 10.1 and install it. Trouble is that now I am retired I have less
time to play with the system - believe me that is the case.
Richard

ferrymanr wrote:

>>What was a big headache in 10.0 with regards to wifi??
> With my D-link card it hardly worked. Usually there was no link to the
> device in the tools. I totally gave upon WiFi in the end. On 9.3 it just
> worked with the WL100 card and the D-link card (on a laptop). Seem to
> remember I had to run the command 'switch_prism_driver wlan-ng' for the
> WL100 though. Similar commands did not get Wl0 up. Ended up doing
> downloads under Win2K or using a friends broadband link (via ethernet
> cable
> to router) for SuSe updates. Still no joy on WiFi. Then restored my disk
> image of 9.3 and gave up on 10.0 It is probable that my particular
> hardware
> combination was the problem. Laptops are often a headache with linux as
> are
> some pcmcia and PC cards. Guess too much is crammed into motherboard
> functionality requiring special drivers.
> I now have a dual core mini tower system on soak test - running DOS!!!!!
> I intend to install 9.3 on it in the next few days but could be tempted to
> download 10.1 and install it. Trouble is that now I am retired I have
> less time to play with the system - believe me that is the case.
> Richard
>
Since a lot of manufacturers refuse to make Linux drivers, release
specifications or even just release some basic information about what it is
you're buying from them, it's really really hard to tell if something is
going to work or not, unless it's something really really obvious, or
something that's professionally certified for use on either Red Hat or SUSE
Linux.

In your case, I'd definitely download 10.1 and try it out, if it works,
great, if it doesn't I'd just try another distribution like Fedora or
Ubuntu to see if they work, because some time it is just trial'n'error, for
example a friend of mine's ethernet card wouldn't work in SUSE 10.1 but
worked fine on Ubuntu 6.06 and I've seen opposite cases.