Why is there no forum for SuSE?????

suse has a forum, and would probably like users of suse go their. that,s why they don,t want to support this site, quess you can,t blame them.

And what about Suse 9 ? Do some people here know what new feature will be included ? Maybe with this new version, Suse will generate more interest and more people will talk about it (and a new forum will be created ?). I am wondering which distro to use: do you think there are enough people here that can help if I go along with Suse 9 ?

Just wanted to say that the SuSE forum is excellent: that is the mailing list.
It's still nice to throw a question out here though as I've seen some very creative responsis.
The SuSE mailing list is better than anything I've seen for Mandrake or redhat also.

Originally posted by NauticX []Yes or []No its simple. What your saying is: Since SuSE wont join in They will be NO forum for this distro! I have a tech forum and its odd to see this . I like LQ,org. So dont get me wrong. what your asking is for users to go a beg SusE to become a member here, otherwise you will simply not add a separate forum. If thats the way the board is run... Hey its your board. But at least come out and say it. "Hey sorry guys since SusE will not play... we wont have a forum for you." I only chiimed in cause I use this distro. Still think the board is cool and come here when I can. Good Luck though.

Just because there is no SuSE forum in the Distribitions section does not mean that questions regarding SuSE won't be answered. This is, after all a Linux forum and it's supported by the talents of the membership. A forum which focuses on a particular distro needs a little more TLC and that requires some input from the people directly involved in the project.

Originally posted by unholy SuSE has a very comprehensive support forum. Why do they need to pitch in at another forum also? Why not contribute to their site? And as for paying $40 for SuSE, I've payed more than that for a computer game, never mind an OS. I think SuSE provide a good product and are entitled to charge for it. I know this is a little off topic, but people and organisations (even ones offering free software) naturally have vested interests. This is an excellent site (I plan on getting a T-Shirt), but I don't understand why some of you are looking for something which already exists? Just check out http://www.suseforums.com/support/

Thanks for the link man.

No prob

Yes, sad. I just forked out $80US for Suse 9.0 Pro and am having problems with my WLAN card ( that will be a new thread later tonight maybe. But I have googled for suse forums and didn't come up with much. The ones I did find didn't have very much content in them. You would think that Suse, after checking out linuxquestions.org would see how populated it is and how helpful the members are here, they would be eager to take part.

I wounder if the Novell/Suse merge would free up some resources so they would be able to take part? Maybe we should ask them again after the merger takes affect? What do you think Jeremy?

Regards, Kenny

It's certainly a possibility Kenny.

--jeremy

I will also email them to request this after I register. ( the install of the 9.0 went very smooth ) But I will try out my free support regarding my WLAN card to see how good their support is. I will let you folks know how it goes. But I will wait until after I register with them until I send my email.

Regards, Kenny

SuSE aren't preventing this site from having a SuSE forum, it's the decision of the hosts, not SuSE. There is nothing preventing this site from having a SuSE forum. www.suseforums.com has been offline for the last few days due to apparent 'technical problems'.

The moderator explained earlier that the reason there is no SuSE-specific forum is because no one involved with SuSE has agreed to particpate in a SuSE-specific forum on here. When they start disto-specific forums, they prefer to have at least one person involved with that distro involved with the forum. Yes, they could have SuSE forum, but it would be in violation of how they have chosen to run the other distro-specific forums. Basically, you need to email SuSE and complain to them about not wanting to be involved. =p

Yes, it'd be cool to have a SuSE forum regardless of who's involved in watching it or whatever. But their policy stands and the only way to get a SuSE forum apparently is if the SuSE people are involved, at least at the beginning.

It would be cool if SuSE forums went back on line

Why can we not have an *Unoffical* SUSE forum, one without support/recognition from SUSE? People still post and answer questions about SUSE on these boards. Surely it would be easier to find and follow these threads if there was a folder/forum to put them in rather than have them scattered randomly in /linux-distributions? (You could label it Unofficial in the title to distinguish it from forums for Red Hat, etc which have been given a stamp of approval by their distro packagers.)

Originally posted by timhardy Why can we not have an *Unoffical* SUSE forum, one without support/recognition from SUSE? People still post and answer questions about SUSE on these boards. Surely it would be easier to find and follow these threads if there was a folder/forum to put them in rather than have them scattered randomly in /linux-distributions? (You could label it Unofficial in the title to distinguish it from forums for Red Hat, etc which have been given a stamp of approval by their distro packagers.)

Well apparently you haven't read our own policy we have made for ourselves. The site admin and the mods agree, before making a specific forum for a distro, we want it somehow to be official in a way.

Other than that, there is no reason to keep crying about it as it won't happen until the repeated times we tell members why we do what we do to create a distro forum.

Let it go or try to contact Suse yourself to complain. The more that maybe do this, maybe they will realize that they would benefit from having a forum here.

Our site admin has sent many emails and contacted them many times, with no responses. They have seemed interested but no response, etc.

Regards.

Actually I have gotten responses. I understand people's frustration, but I don't see a reason to break our policy. That being said I will continue to work to get a SuSE forum here at LQ. If I make any progress I'll let everyone know.

--jeremy