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Re: The History of S.u.S.E

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Yo! Remember me talking about maybe having to 'eat chalk' regarding Btrfs enthusiasm, maybe a few months ago? :-) Still working without a hitch, got some system updates meanwhile, was full to bursting several times meanwhile (only 1GB left! ALLARRM!), and so on. I'm still wondering about why I'd need all that snapshotting shit, because it just works. Casheeex!

I hope it continues to work for you for years to come. :-)

Me too! :)

Re: The History of S.u.S.E

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I worked there for a few years during the Novell/Attachmate management. They had a strong bias towards the kernel teams and engineers. They had an european work culture and some very good leads. Their Engineers were very good. The internal mailing lists were ripe with technical discussions. Got some amazing friends and inspirational engineers with whom I would love to work again. However, There were infighting betwee…

> However, There were infighting between the GNOME and KDE desktop teams

I like to imagine an alternate world where KDE won, became the de facto standard Linux desktop environment, and was refined to perfection (along with a huge set of desktop apps with a consistent user interface design).

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