@ MattF

[MudSurfer]

Hi Matt

I'm about to install Suse Linux onto one of my PCs at home - have you done this, and if so - what do I need to look out for?

Thanks.


AG

[MattF]

Last time I used SuSE was around the 6.4 version, so it's been awhile. Installation is extremely straight forward. It has an almost automatic install/setup if you want to install one of a defined set of standard system choices that it gives you. Apart from entering network info, and setting the root password, if you install the standard desktop system, about the only other thing it will ask is to which disk to install. Everything else is fairly automated. KDE is the best desktop to choose if you want things to be as similiar to Windoze as possible. Gnome is probably the second closest.

Edit: KDE may be called XOrg or suchlike now. Seem to remember some type of branch a while since.

[MudSurfer]

Cheers Matt

I've give it a try tomorrow - and it is still KDE on 9.2. I just bought it for £29 so I'll give it a try and if I like it go to 9.3...

[dirtydog]

i used suse a while back, its quite good.

[MattF]

Cheers Matt

I've give it a try tomorrow - and it is still KDE on 9.2. I just bought it for £29 so I'll give it a try and if I like it go to 9.3...

The other one you could try is Fedora. That's the community version of Redhat. That one can be downloaded from the web. Very much like SuSE, as well. They both seem to be aimed at ease of installation and use.

http://fedora.redhat.com/

[Apache]

I got redhat on somethin in work. It's kind of ok in a hairshirt kind of way.

talkin of red hats... any chelski fans around tonight?

[MattF]

i used suse a while back, its quite good.

Between SuSE and Fedora, they are the nicest and most straight forward of the Linux systems to use. I just stick with BSD 'cos I can't be arsed getting used to all the minor variations in semantics again.

[MattF]

Another straight forward one, if you fancy trying one of the BSD family, is PC-BSD.

http://www.pcbsd.org/

Like the two above, designed for ease of installation and use.

[MattF]

I've give it a try tomorrow - and it is still KDE on 9.2. I just bought it for £29 so I'll give it a try and if I like it go to 9.3...

Just remembered. It was XFree86 which was renamed, not KDE. Did you get a manual with it as well? The SuSE one tends to be quite useful.

[Apache]

I also got solaris 8. I can command line wiv the best of ya!

[MattF]

I also got solaris 8. I can command line wiv the best of ya!

Ne'er tried Solaris yet. They've open sourced it now, ain't they? Used to have an UltraSparc sat in the workshop, but ne'er got round to trying it. Ended up giving it to one of the OS developers for porting tests.

[MudSurfer]

Just remembered. It was XFree86 which was renamed, not KDE. Did you get a manual with it as well? The SuSE one tends to be quite useful.

Hi Matt

Yes, nice big heavy manual....

[MattF]

Hi Matt

Yes, nice big heavy manual....

Well worth having a browse through it. SuSE have always supplied the best manual by far of any of the Linux distro's. You'll find some really useful info in there to get you started. Then you have man pages for the rest.

[Apache]

Ne'er tried Solaris yet. They've open sourced it now, ain't they? Used to have an UltraSparc sat in the workshop, but ne'er got round to trying it. Ended up giving it to one of the OS developers for porting tests.

I've got a couple of Tadpole Ultrabook IIi hanging around that I use for data analysis with some bespoke software. A real pain in the ass to use, all command line. Trouble is, once they're up and running, they are faster and more flexible than anything else by a long long way - and they're 7 years old!

[da SLUG man]

is this what you're talking about??
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