Some would say I should have jumped, but instead the SuSE install DVD went back into the drive and did a clean install after a failed KDE upgrade trashed my system and caused a series of Kernel panics. It wasn’t an exactly time-intensive process, but did take most of the weekend to get back to normal.

It is also nice to have a clean Linux install again, free of the remnants of previous tests and setup with a bit less bloat.

Besides, SuSE now appears to be on the revenue-generating path. In a few days SuSE 9.3 will be orderable, just months after 9.2 was released.