[Lancaster] Download of latest version of SUSE Linux

[Ken Hough]

On Saturday 20 December 2008 12:05:13 andy baxter wrote:
> Ken Hough wrote:
> > Overnight, I managed to download DVD image for latest version (released
> > yesterday!) of 64bit SUSE v11.1. Did this via bittorrent, so hopefully
> > helped the cause somewhat.
> >
> > Have now installed same in place of SUSE v11.0 without problems and am
> > running it right now to send this message. I keep a separate /home
> > directory that I don't re-format, so I'm up and running much as before.
> >
> > So far it looks good! A LOT better than the pre-release version that I
> > tried! On the basis of previous recent experience with SUSE, I didn't
> > really expect anything less than good.
> >
> > The options for desktops are: Gnome, KDE4.1, and others. For conservative
> > types like me, KDE3.5 is still offered under 'others'.
> >
> > By accepting default settings, installation will give something like an
> > Ubuntu system where things are made as simple as possible for newbies. eg
> > user password is used for 'root' access and the default user is logged in
> > automatically. Unlike Ubuntu, these default settings and also many others
> > can be easily changed (by unticking boxes) to suit individual
> > preferences. This format is much like that of v11.0, but has been tidied
> > up.
> >
> > I guess that this large number of options might be confusing for some
> > newbies should they decide to explore them.
> >
> > There is a slight change in the way the partitioner works/looks under the
> > manual setting, but once figured out, this works well.
> >
> > I'll post a review when I've had some time to explore.
>
> Thanks for the update. I'll maybe have a look at SuSE some day, though
> I'm put off by the prospect of having to relearn a lot of debian-based
> skills.

I've been learning about Debian as well. I've still got 64bit Lenny installed 
alongside 64bit SUSE v11.1, and Windows XP Pro (spit!) ie a triple booting 
system. I'm sort of getting the hang of Debian, but find SUSE much easier to 
manage. Much less hacking is needed for the latter.

Ken Hough


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