People like this...

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Also, I know this is a bit dated, but when I was looking for a solution, I read this and was very infuriated.

I have no response to the first line, since I've never experienced it myself; my only hypothesis is something else broke, since changing from ifup to network manager shouldn't break it so badly that it can't start x.

Second line: "I can't change the panel color" I'm assuming the color of the panel... which is quite easy, right click on the panel, click properties, click the background tab, select solid color, click the color button, select desired color, press okay, select desired transparency, click close, and done. If it doesn't update, then try logging out and back in. Otherwise, there's not enough info to know exactly what the problem is.

Third line: Enable (not enalble) desktop effects was probably refused because of the graphics driver/graphics chip combination used. I've had this happen once minus the message.

Fourth line: Explain how what happens? The panel color? The desktop effects refusal? Why did they even bother installing 11.3 if 11.2 worked just fine? That's why I leave a test space partition to test out a distribution before I destroy something that works just fine or use a live version.

Fifth line: I've never experienced the problem with the SSID ending in a number and not being able to connect to it or whatever. Business? What "business" is openSUSE in? More or less, these are all volunteers that pour their own time and effort into something they aren't even getting paid for. As far as I know, openSUSE is free, and SUSE is not.

Sixth line: Um, yes the developers actually do know that people want a system that "always" works. And are they trying to say that Windows ALWAYS works? From my experience I beg to differ.

Seventh line: "Windows connects to wireless connections in a user friendly way." Okay, I do agree with that to a point. But explain why to me that every time I connect to my phone's wifi hotspot that Windows asks what type of network it is even though I've told it time and time again? It also keeps duplicating as "Yellowboze_Racaseal 2", "Yellowboze_Racaseal 3", "Yellowboze_Racaseal 5", so on and so forth. When I tell network manager to connect to it, it connects, no repetitive questions, no silly duplicate entries, quick and f*ing simple. And again, how are the developers horsing around? I've yet to see this. Also, I don't think this person understands that network manager is not developed by openSUSE developers directly, it's developed by the network manager team. Big f*ing difference.

Eighth line: WTF is this guy even talking about? I select the network, a window pops up asking the key and the type of key, I enter the info and I'm connected (there's also the keyring window that pops up, but I close that). For my convenience, I cancel the keyring, edit the network manager wireless connection, type the password again if needed, select the apply to all users box, hit apply, type my root password, and now I don't have to ever enter the Wifi key again.

Ninth line: Apparently this person doesn't understand that you use the "Install/Remove Software" program to install/uninstall things programs that is not needed. But in most cases, these programs don't take a whole lot of space anyway, unless this is a tiny partition they installed 11.3 on.

Tenth line: Things change because it can be improved. I've never used 11.2, but I kind of understand the woes that things can get really broken from one version to another. Sure I had a problem in 11.4 with VLC crashing, but that doesn't mean that I should bash openSUSE or VLC for changing something. "without bothering to test it properly?" WOW... What a f*ing idiot. This person clearly doesn't understand that openSUSE goes through several development stages before it's final release. But it is, in fact, tested properly. The developers have a limited number of setups that they can test on, so it's not 100% perfect (hell, look at Windows for f*k sake); therefore, not every single computer is going to be covered. Maybe none of the developers/volunteer testers have the specific Sony laptop that this person has, so it's part of the gray area that is never officially tested.

Also, keep in mind there's a few grammatical mistakes in their post. This person is so "angry" that they couldn't even take some time to proofread before posting. The question I really would like to ask them is why they even bothered with openSUSE if they don't understand what it is and what it's not. As you may know (or might have guessed), I have more peeves with using Windows than I do Linux. And also, why couldn't this person use the internet to try to fix their problems? I fixed almost all of my problems just by searching, and when I couldn't find the right answer, I asked. Really. It wasn't that hard, but this person just couldn't do it. What? Was that laptop the ONLY computer they had? Why not search in Windows (since it worked for them), search for a viable answer, print it, reboot and try it?

It's people like this that perplex and aggravate me. If you can't take the time to learn or tinker around with a new OS, then don't bother with it. Simple as that. I tried 11.4, tinkered with it, found that I can't use it like 11.3, put it to the side, and moved on. No hard feelings, no aggravation, no need to flame openSUSE for no reason.

Not to mention, when the KMS issue was permanent in LMDE with Ziggy, I looked for a solution instead of spending my time flaming the LMDE developers that their s*t is broken.

This person needs to "sudo zypper rm brain" on himself. (LOL) This also seems like the type of person that probably has hundreds of toolbars in Internet Explorer just because he keeps clicking on everything and wonders why Windows is so slow.

Oh by the way, the post itself was ignored by the other users of that forum since no one wanted to bother with someone who can't ask for help correctly.

2014 update: I don't rant very often, but when I do, it's until I run out of rant fuel. (XP)