Updates are much better
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jonfelder
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· Score: 5, Informative
I think one of the biggest improvmenets with SuSE 8.2 are the online updates. While they still download rather slowly, they actually work now.
With 8.1 the online updater always locked up or didn't complete. It only seemed to work if you mirrored the updates locally and then directed online update to run from your lan.
available for $3
by
Anonymous Coward
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· Score: 4, Informative
It's available for $3from budgetlinuxcds.com
Re:available for $3
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sangfroid
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· Score: 5, Informative
Unfortunately, budgetlinuxcds.com is selling the live evaluation disc, not the full distribution.
SuSE offers a live-evaluation disc image for free here. It's not a complete install but it'll give you an idea of what SuSE's all about.
You are allowed to do a full install via ftp (see instructions here). Sure it's not as easy but an FTP install will build some more of that character I'm always hearing about.
I have to say though, YaST is probably the best thing I've seen so far for a Migrating Windows User. It is powerful, flexible, and intuitive for anyone used to Control Panels. SuSE also automatically does some intelligent things like password protect single-user mode (unlike RedHat). IMHO, it's the best new user distribution. Sure, I use Gentoo on my machine but then I'm captivated by watching packages compile for 72 hours straight. -grin-
Re:Pronounciation
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jonfelder
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· Score: 5, Informative
Who modded this informative? It's wrong. The proper pronounciation is soo'-suh
Re:ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
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mmontour
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· Score: 4, Informative
SuSE Linux comes with drivers for common cards including the following:
ATI: Radeon 9000/9500/9700
nVidia: GeForce 4, GeForce FX
Matrox: G450/G550
I have an 8500DV, which also works (though I haven't tried the special features like video-capture or firewire yet).
Re:ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
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Squarewav
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· Score: 4, Informative
ati has opened up the drivers, well sorta, xfree 4.3 supports it out of the box, theres a few bugs like in tux racer you dont see the trail tux leaves behind, most of the cutting edge distros like redhat will setup everything for you, unless you have a odd ball mb like mine (ali agp8x) then you need to add the following lines to modules.conf
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
make sure you put a newline after or it may complain at boot
Re:Pronounciation
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Qbertino
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· Score: 4, Informative
In germany we pronounce it "Suse". Haha.
Ok, so the first part sounds like "Sue" or "Soo" with a sharp "S" - something like the first sylable in "soup" (like chicken). The second part is "suh" or "ze", like the last sylable in "nose" (sphinx) or "hose" (gardening).
Note that in german you can read pronounciation even if you have never heard the word before. German pupils can usually read - if not very fluently - after 3 months in school! I wonder if a semi-unification of writing and speech, like unifying the writing of sylables (something like "nite" instead of "night") would help the iliteracy problem in the US in any way.
To me personally the difference is very significant since both english and german are my mothertounge. I learned both at the same time along with all the advantages and disadvantages. One being that my spelling in both is not that good, whilst I'm able to pronounce third languages (such as maybe french or japanese) allmost accent free. I account this to the oral 'flexibility' you gain from growing up with a german mother and a texacan father, meaning two somewhat different languages in terms of pronounciation.:-)
-- We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
Re:No ISOs, no testing, no install.
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mao+che+minh
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· Score: 5, Informative
It is not as nice as having an ISO available, but I haven't installed *BSD from a CD in ages, and I hear Suse's FTP install is even easier and more reliable.
Don't forget apt!
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Phantasmo
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· Score: 4, Informative
Slashdot Mirror
This review of SuSE is much more informative:
http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=3163
This should answer your questions.
-Afreet
I think one of the biggest improvmenets with SuSE 8.2 are the online updates. While they still download rather slowly, they actually work now.
With 8.1 the online updater always locked up or didn't complete. It only seemed to work if you mirrored the updates locally and then directed online update to run from your lan.
It's available for $3from budgetlinuxcds.com
Who modded this informative? It's wrong. The proper pronounciation is soo'-suh
The hardware requirements page suggests that it does:
SuSE Linux comes with drivers for common cards including the following:
ATI: Radeon 9000/9500/9700
nVidia: GeForce 4, GeForce FX
Matrox: G450/G550
I have an 8500DV, which also works (though I haven't tried the special features like video-capture or firewire yet).
ati has opened up the drivers, well sorta, xfree 4.3 supports it out of the box, theres a few bugs like in tux racer you dont see the trail tux leaves behind, most of the cutting edge distros like redhat will setup everything for you, unless you have a odd ball mb like mine (ali agp8x) then you need to add the following lines to modules.conf
alias char-major-10-175 agpgart
options agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1
make sure you put a newline after or it may complain at boot
In germany we pronounce it "Suse". Haha.
:-)
Ok, so the first part sounds like "Sue" or "Soo" with a sharp "S" - something like the first sylable in "soup" (like chicken).
The second part is "suh" or "ze", like the last sylable in "nose" (sphinx) or "hose" (gardening).
Note that in german you can read pronounciation even if you have never heard the word before. German pupils can usually read - if not very fluently - after 3 months in school!
I wonder if a semi-unification of writing and speech, like unifying the writing of sylables (something like "nite" instead of "night") would help the iliteracy problem in the US in any way.
To me personally the difference is very significant since both english and german are my mothertounge. I learned both at the same time along with all the advantages and disadvantages. One being that my spelling in both is not that good, whilst I'm able to pronounce third languages (such as maybe french or japanese) allmost accent free. I account this to the oral 'flexibility' you gain from growing up with a german mother and a texacan father, meaning two somewhat different languages in terms of pronounciation.
We suffer more in our imagination than in reality. - Seneca
Suse FTP install
It is not as nice as having an ISO available, but I haven't installed *BSD from a CD in ages, and I hear Suse's FTP install is even easier and more reliable.
There's an apt repository for SuSE 8.2.
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