More SUSE Linux 9.1 Reviews

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Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday April 10, 2004 @02:38AM from the first-and-second-looks dept.

JoshuaTreeCA writes "Adam Doxtater of Mad Penguin has published another excellent review... this time on the newest SUSE Linux 9.1 beta-release. This release comes complete with the latest GNOME and KDE enviroments as well as being the first distro to present a retail package built on kernel 2.6.4 Check out the review, with screenshots." rokzy also wrote in with another review from NeoLink Computers.

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Google Cache by Whafro · 2004-04-10 02:44 · Score: 5, Informative

Here ya go
SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by mfearby · 2004-04-10 02:49 · Score: 5, Informative

I just installed SuSE 9 and I must say I was very impressed... right up until the point that the mouse (which worked fine during install) didn't work on the second boot, then wouldn't work when KDE started. Had to start YaST to reconfigure it but had to reboot before it would work. THEN the mouse just stopped working after I clicked the apply button after choosing the icq2 icon scheme in gnomeicu.

I'm guessing USB mouse support still hasn't made it's way into Linux in a robust form yet?

This is pretty bad - so bad, in fact, that I'm now back in Windows XP because it, at least, knows how to understand what is now an old thing like USB mice!
1. Re:SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-10 02:51 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I just installed SuSE 9 and I must say I was very impressed... right up until the point that the mouse (which worked fine during install) didn't work on the second boot, then wouldn't work when KDE started.
  
  This is a known bug in KDE. Try calling it a Kmouse instead of a mouse; that should fix your problem.
2. Re:SuSE 9 seems to dislike USB mice by cdc179 · 2004-04-10 02:55 · Score: 5, Informative
  
  USB mouse support has worked great in GNU/Linux for a while now. This is just something on SuSe's side.
  
  Make sure that your kernel has HID support.
For those who don't RTFAs by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-10 02:57 · Score: 5, Funny

Here is the basic jist of things:

GUI looks good.
Some things work, some don't.
Pretty desktops.
Looks faster then the previous version.
Screenshoots of the desktop provided.
I did not like this bit or that.
But at the end of the day it worked for me.
If you're shit with computers, stick with..oh never mind.
More pretty desktops.
Wait for the next version.
Some bugs, but overall germ free.
I give it a rating of **** out of *

Now who do I talk to about my pay cheque for doing this.
KDE? GNOME? by Anonymous Coward · 2004-04-10 02:59 · Score: 5, Funny

This article's been up for over quarter of an hour now and... where's the KDE v Gnome flamewar? Did everyone suddenly grow up or something? You guys are no fun any more :(
Re:Where can I find a 9.1 download? by FreeLinux · 2004-04-10 03:32 · Score: 5, Informative

The 9.1 beta is a special release that was opened up to members of the press. It is on a restricted access server. SuSE typically does not make its betas available for download like Red Hat use to with Rawhide. Additionally, SuSE typically releases new versions in boxed sets first and then makes it available by ftp about a month later.

You will probably not be able to get a hold of 9.1 until the first week in May, when you can buy the boxed set. Early June will probably be your first chance to download SuSE 9.1