[Sussex] Suse 9.1

[Gareth Ablett]

 From: Angelo Servini [mailto:Angelo.Servini at claybrook.co.uk]
 Subject: [Sussex] Suse 9.1
 
> Hi Fellas
> 
> I fitted an 80gb HDD over the weekend and then installed Suse 9.1 on
it
> in 16gb (I didn't pay for it, I just got the free download from their
> site).  Leaving the rest for me to try out other distro's like Ubuntu
> Linux.  Its using the 2.6 kernel and 3.2 KDE.  Verr.. nice.  A clean
> looking desktop.

If you try Ubuntu (Its worth it tbh) keeping mind that you can upgrade
to the latest (beta) version , which will give you a more uptodate
system.
Goto http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=9098 for info on upgrading.


Plus if you try it out look here aswell has details on how to get mice
working and such like, http://ubuntuguide.org/ 

[__USE_UBUNTU_IT'S_A_DEBIAN_BASED_DISTRO__]  <-- can I be in the 'use
Debian' gang now?

> I'm not giving up on Gentoo, however; as I have more than enough disk
> space to do a parallel installation using the new kernel - starting
from
> scratch again is probably good for the soul anyhow!  It was a good way
> to learn, even if the ride was a little bumpy on the way - and, it was
> never totally beyond me - thanks to the good advice and help from the
> SLUG.
> 
> One question though.  I use a kingston cordless optical wheel mouse.
> Though I selected the option in YAST for an intelli/wheel mouse, the
> wheel part of my mouse is not recognised.  Does anyone have any ideas?
> 
> Cheers
> 


Gareth Ablett
Systems Developer

ITP Services Ltd.
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