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| Thread ID: 70375 | 2006-07-01 07:44:00 | Should I do Suse Linux install? | Shortcircuit (1666) | Press F1 |
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| 467621 | 2006-07-01 07:44:00 | As part of my master plan to get rid of MS I'm thinking of installing Suse 10.1 as dual boot with WinXP for a start. I tried out a 'live' version of I think Linspire a year or so ago and hated it, but after the MS WGA thing I can wait no more :mad: Does anyone have any heads-up re Suse, any things to watch out for, or problems?... even any better suggestions than Suse. My main reasons for looking at Suse is because It'll make use of my AMDs 64bit capability Supposedly has support for a good range of drivers Has a 'windows-like' GUI etc. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 467622 | 2006-07-01 09:10:00 | I'm using Suse 10 . 1 on this computer and have been using Suse for just over a year now . I experimented with Fedora Core and Mandrake (now Mandriva) and tried Fedora Core 5 again recently but have found Suse to be an excellent distribution for my normal OS . Although hardware support is always a little tricky as some manufacturers produce only Windows drivers, I've had better hardware support for most things in Suse than out of the box in Windows XP . I don't know whether this is the same in the 64 bit version as I've only used the 32 bit one . Suse is also being worked on very actively . Between 10 and 10 . 1 I noticed quite substantial improvements to hardware and laptop support . Switching operating system can be a challenge . I personally just installed Suse 9 . 2 the day I got my own computer and never looked back, but your mileage may vary . Once you get used to it, you'll wonder how Windows users cope without a proper package management system, with constant reboots and with only a crippled console! |
TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 467623 | 2006-07-01 10:12:00 | Thanks for that, I'd read a few reviews by Linux users and they seemed to swing from great to a disappointment (and a few thought 9 . 2-3 was way better) Also from what I've read there is not much improvement from 32bit to 64bit, but it seems stupid not to use the 64 bit version as I have a 64bit CPU . Looks like I'll have to whack in an ethernet card for my router and from what I've read the nVidia drivers are a bit of a pain . Ah well, here goes a 2 gig d/load :eek: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 467624 | 2006-07-01 11:15:00 | I ordered my copy from www.linuxcdmall.com $25 is much better for me at the moment than waiting for days (it would exceed my data cap and download most of it at 64k). | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 467625 | 2006-07-01 16:52:00 | Thanks for that, I'd read a few reviews by Linux users and they seemed to swing from great to a disappointment (and a few thought 9 . 2-3 was way better) Also from what I've read there is not much improvement from 32bit to 64bit, but it seems stupid not to use the 64 bit version as I have a 64bit CPU . Looks like I'll have to whack in an ethernet card for my router and from what I've read the nVidia drivers are a bit of a pain . Ah well, here goes a 2 gig d/load :eek: I just know you noticed my problems with a dual-boot with XP and KUBUNTU . . . it cleaned out and formatted a few of my hdds that I didn't want it to . The dual boot is just fine with XP and Mepis on my Dell . . . but the KUBUNTU grub just didn't work well with XP here on a SOYO mobo w/Athlon XP . . . . . . be careful! Maybe Lilo would have done better . |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 467626 | 2006-07-01 20:07:00 | I just know you noticed my problems with a dual-boot with XP and KUBUNTU . . . it cleaned out and formatted a few of my hdds that I didn't want it to . The dual boot is just fine with XP and Mepis on my Dell . . . but the KUBUNTU grub just didn't work well with XP here on a SOYO mobo w/Athlon XP . . . . . . be careful! To be fair Joe, your XP setup was hardly considered *normal* . You had to start with 10 hard drives and were using PCI IDE add-on cards? I should also point out that you cleaned out and formatted your hard drives, not Kubuntu - it only does what you tell it to do . . . You should like SuSE Shortcircuit, it has been put together very nicely . The Auckland LUG (Linux User Group) tomorrow night (Monday) will be looking at the latest developments with SuSE - details ( . linux . net . nz/taxonomy/view/or/2" target="_blank">www . linux . net . nz) . As you can see, it is being presented by Novell themselves (NZ branch) . Anyone can attend these presentations . :) |
Jen (38) | ||
| 467627 | 2006-07-01 21:04:00 | That was a bit spooky Jen . . . in more ways than one :eek: As soon as I saw the words EYE CANDY I knew it was for me :D Hopefully I can make it, even though it could be a bit 'over my head' Thanks for the info Jen! |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 467628 | 2006-07-01 22:53:00 | I dual boot with SUSE 9.2 / XP Pro on a Novell network and the only problem I had was when I install the Novell cleint for SUSE, it said that the that the package dependancies were installed, but on checking ( after the novell client kept throwing errors) they were not so I installed the dependancy packages and all was well. So my warning, dont always believe want the installer tells you. Other wise Suse does everything I want it to do. IT picked up all my hardware including the the usb burner and usb cd stacker. |
beama (111) | ||
| 467629 | 2006-07-01 23:26:00 | So my warning, dont always believe want the installer tells you. Sounds suspicously like Windows Update to me :p I've been rummaging around for drivers etc as I've got quite a few peripherals connected to my box. Life will be much easier if Suse recognises them straight off. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 467630 | 2006-07-02 02:21:00 | Almost all distributions have a list of hardware known to work with them . But the simplest approach is to ask Google . "make_and_model_of_ thing name_and_release_of_Linux_distribution" . add "problems" or "driver" to that for more selective results . | Graham L (2) | ||
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