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SuSE fans unite!!

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SleepWalkerX

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Reminding all Suse fans that 10.1 is out right now! I'm going to download the cds (and use makeSuSEdvd to make the dvd, they'll probably supply the official dvd release later) tonight and luckily I'm off all weekend so I'll have plenty of time to play around with it.

For any users discontent with their linux os or maybe even windows, Suse is the distro to get! I've played around with plenty of other distros and non have been as compatible, easy to install, and use as Suse. Its been very good to me. <3

I think I'm going with a Gnome based Desktop and an XFS partition this time. Wish me luck and I'll be sure to report back with how it went, maybe tomorrow night.

Suse download links (torrents are there too)
 
What's so different between this and SUSE 10? I'm assuming it's not possible to simply update my SUSE 10 box?
 
Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
Suse is the distro to get! I've played around with plenty of other distros and non have been as compatible, easy to install, and use as Suse. Its been very good to me. <3
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Same here. While other distros are very good I've felt most comfortable with Suse and is the one I've stuck with.

Thanks for the info.


unmerited

 
Unfortunately their site is being hammered so they're only linking their main page to a download link and temporarily restricted other content on their wiki.

Here's a cache though, could this page be more or less what you're looking for? Couldn't exactly find an official changelog.

Sorry to say, I most likely won't be able to post my thoughts on any changes tonight. The torrent is going about 50KB/s which is not bad for a 842:4263 ratio, but it won't finish until Saturday probably.
 
Originally posted by: SleepWalkerX
Unfortunately their site is being hammered so they're only linking their main page to a download link and temporarily restricted other content on their wiki.

Here's a cache though, could this page be more or less what you're looking for? Couldn't exactly find an official changelog.

Sorry to say, I most likely won't be able to post my thoughts on any changes tonight. The torrent is going about 50KB/s which is not bad for a 842:4263 ratio, but it won't finish until Saturday probably.
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That page has enough info to get me started. Thanks! :beer:

Have any Suse fans used AppArmor? It's the one piece of software that makes me interested in trying out Suse. I know SELinux is supposed to be the future, but it's a PITA. 😛

EDIT: ew! Old OpenSSH. 🙁
 
Man I was lucky getting the mirrors early yesterday, download ll 5 discs in about 25 minutes 🙂

Anyway.. if anyone wants to look at XGL/Compiz (first thing I did I am such a tart) its really piss easy on this distro compared to any other (well it's their baby)

YAST seems snappier though I am gonna try and get used to rug a bit more seeing as how it is the future of their Package Management.

Ubuntu Dapper and Suse 10.1 are battling it out for the moment in my mythv testing. However one issue I have with both is neither detects even half the channels my MCE box did.... I was unhappy at missing out on 2/3 channels with MCE, but there must be 10-15 missing in box linux distros :/
 
Hey so im new to this whole linux thing i need some help. I am having trouble installing things i know you have to compile them. Do i use ark can some one describe to me how to install a simple program. from what i have heard every program is different? HELP
 
Originally posted by: Gcode061
Hey so im new to this whole linux thing i need some help. I am having trouble installing things i know you have to compile them. Do i use ark can some one describe to me how to install a simple program. from what i have heard every program is different? HELP
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Most programs come with instructions to compile them. But depending on the version of linux you're using it should have a package management system. Look at the documentation for your distro and try it out.
 
Originally posted by: Gcode061
Hey so im new to this whole linux thing i need some help. I am having trouble installing things i know you have to compile them. Do i use ark can some one describe to me how to install a simple program. from what i have heard every program is different? HELP
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It depends on what you want. Most, if not all, linux packages have the source code available, but compiling should be the last resort.

Here's a cache of third party repositories for Suse's Yast. Then just install packages through Yast --> Software Management. I've heard that they changed their default package manager though. I'll have to check up on that when I install it.

Oh and here's a tutorial for setting up XGL. It looks easier than when my bro installed it in Ubuntu.

Originally posted by: Alienwho
What's so different between this and SUSE 10? I'm assuming it's not possible to simply update my SUSE 10 box?
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Its mainly a lot of package updates. If you already have 10 then you could just add the factory respository and do a system upgrade.
 
I would make a torrent of the dvd iso once I made it, but I only have a home connection so its like 35KB/s(ish) upload and my brother plays way too many online games so I wouldn't be a reliable seed. 🙁

Is there a link for an unofficial dvd of Suse 10.1? I don't think its going to be illegal or anything to post it.
 
Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
Link to changelog?
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Yay I found it. Tux Machines has a changelog. Here it is.

Btw, a Tux Machines does a great job on reviewing distros. They've done a report on every beta and rc for Suse, it seems like. Here's a link to the final.
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Does this version of SuSE support NF4 chipsets natively? How about Geforce 7 series graphics cards?
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Yeah, it should support all the features of the nf4 chipset like ethernet, usb, etc. And sorta for the graphics card. It'll give you a vesa driver by default so you can use it, but during install with YOU (yast online updater) you can choose to install a patch for the proprietary nvidia drivers. They're older than the current drivers from nvidia, but should give way better performance than normal and its very easy to do.
 
Excellent. I haven't messed with SuSE since Novell took over the show - is the opensuse distro free or is it a trial that expires?
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Excellent. I haven't messed with SuSE since Novell took over the show - is the opensuse distro free or is it a trial that expires?
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Completely free as in beer and freedom. It doesn't have time trials, key codes, or any of that crap.
 
Thanks again. I really like the features in SuSE - especially XGL. I watches some demo vids of it in action a few months ago. Cool stuff.
 
Xgl is jaw-dropping. I got more of it to work in SUSE 10.1 than 10.0. Here are some screenshots:

XGL Water
XGL Desktop Switcher
XGL Expose
XGL Cube
XGL Resize
XGL Transparency
XGL Rain
XGL Alt-Tab
XGL Wobble (it is smoother than this in real life)
XGL Water over Quicktime H.264 video (gl2) (the glitches at the bottom are from the H.264 codec itself which is quite unstable)

mirrors.kernel.org was the fastest mirror I found.

For SUSE 10.1 Final FTP network install (Mini-CD: i386 | x86_64):
Resolved IP: 204.152.191.39
Path to enter in setup: /opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source
Minimal default install with GNOME was 2.8 GB.

To enable MP3 support in xmms download xmms-lib-mad: i586 | x86_64.

Google Earth: http://xtknight.atothosting.com/google-earth.png
 
My SUSE 10.1 Linux Experience:

SUSE 10.0 felt slow to me, so I was ready to try something new. Lo and behold, SUSE 10.1 appeared just weeks after I installed 10.0

I decided to go ahead with the network install, just like I had with 10.0. Finding a fast mirror was difficult but mirrors.kernel.org delivered a decent speed for me.

When I installed SUSE 10.0, it was incompatible with my nForce 4 SLI-based ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe mainboard in that it would hang at loading sata_nv. Disabling APIC in the BIOS fixed this. This time around with 10.1, I decided to leave APIC on just to see what would happen.

Alas, to my surprise, the SUSE 10.1 installer booted without a single hesitation (IRQ lockup, sata_nv freeze, mouse freeze, or otherwise). Installation was very straightforward. I had a previous install of 10.0 but I decided to wipe it and do a New Installation of 10.1 after backing up my documents. I marked the / partition for ReiserFS format, and enabled swap on my same old swap partition. The /boot partition I decided not to format because I put my backups on that oversized partition.

One thing I noticed was that 'refreshing packages' took what seemed a decent five minutes, and this popped up at least three times during the installation whenever I changed the partitioning or packaging configuration. For packages, I decided to install a minimal default of GNOME and help/support. It even asked me if I wanted to configure the firewall to allow VNC/remote desktop, and I indeed did want to.

The installation proceeded, and it downloaded everything I needed in a mere hour and a half on a Comcast 6 Mbps Internet connection. After completion it wanted to reboot and go to the second stage of installation. Then, it searched for drivers with a dialog reminscent of a Windows 98 driver search. It found drivers for all of the devices except my "ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0", which has only so far been detected in Fedora Core 2 32-bit for me.

But there's a dark side to every story. I went to configure my NVIDIA 7800GT graphics with SaX2, and the screen became completely garbled. After a while I tried going to the virtual terminals,Ctrl-Alt-Backspace, Ctrl-Alt-Delete repeatedly. The thing was frozen. @#%!

Thankfully, that was when the installation was on the last step (driver install), so I pressed the reset button. Then, SUSE Linux 10.1 proceeded to boot, and I decided to scour the X config before entering gdm. Looked fine, so I started gdm and I was taken to the login I always knew and loved. From there on, entering my username/password took me to a radically different-looking desktop from my SUSE 10.0. The task bar was now at the bottom, and the icons seemed a lot different. It had a more plastic feel to it as well. They opted for a blue background this time around.

My next endeavour was to get Xgl working. This article made it easy: Xgl on SUSE 10.1 for Gnome and KDE with NVidia Graphics Cards. Before I knew it, I was up and running Xgl without any errors, the first time around.

After installing MP3 support, enabling the built-in GNOME Weather applet, getting mplayer and mplayer-plugin to work, and installing Adobe Reader, I felt I was all set to enjoy SUSE Linux 10.1. My mouse-wheel worked automatically this time as well. Not to mention, the whole system seems a lot faster. I'm very happy with SUSE Linux 10.1. The only problem I have had is that the "software installer" reports a corrupt SQLite database, but I have posted about the problem on various SUSE forums and filed a bug for it, so hopefully that will get fixed. Overall, very impressed. I definitely recommend this to anyone, over any other distribution I've ever tried in my life.
 
having a problem right now burning the six iso's to disk.

i cannot get nero to recognise my LG DVDR on my main PC, and SUSE 10.0 on my laptop refuse to burn the images as bootable iso's which is weird as i have never had this problem before. 🙁
 
I have tried Suse on several occasions including the 10.1 release.

I still like Ubuntu better.

I could not get a simple printer test page to print with Suse while I had no such problem with Ubuntu.

I could not even get rid of the printer configuration that apparently the install mishandled.

When I tried to find google help for printer drivers for Suse, I could find nothing helpful.

Ubuntu for me.

Thanks.
 
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