Suse Linux

[supafly]

Ok peeps i just bought suse linux and im waiting for it to come in the post, but thing is i dont have a notion how to operate it, im a total beginner, but from what i see its gonna be a pain to move from windows to linux i see.
i have aol for my internet, like does it run on linux and what about all my drivers? where am i gonna get driver especiall from my broadband modem, and can you get the like of nero to work on linux, i hear great reports about linux its just i dont have a clue, i hope someone can set me up from new as i totaly blank.

[Prime Dukhan]

Suse comes with a program called Gaim it has msn messenger AOL and the rest of the chatting services, just run that program and fill in the blanks example (email address, password)

If you have a broad band modem, it is possible that suse might auto detect your internet, which doesnt require any setting up.

For burning there are many good burning programs that can be downloaded for free, suse might come with a burning program, but if you cannot find any or having problems with the program look up http://freshmeat.net/

Suse installation would be similar to windows xp, just insert the cd and reboot, and follow the instructions.

[Aman]

I'm sure that SuSE will come with cdbakeoven, or the proper KDE frontend to it.

SuSE will be an easy install, and an even easier uninstall ;) You'll hate it, trust me. You made a bad move in:

A. Buying Linux
B. Using SuSE as your first distribution

But good luck! :D Please report back to us.

[Wirhe]

There is nothing wrong with SuSe. In fact, THIS (http://www.zegeniestudios.net/ldc/) little test recommended it to me, so it might be worth a minute if you checked does the same apply to you.

[Mr E]

Linux is great, you just need to learn/know how to use it.

Suse is the n00bs intro to linux paradise and has YAST (equivalent to a windows installer) and also can access your ntfs (windows partitions) without a 3rd party addon/app to view.

your DSL modem shouldnt need drivers to work, on the other hand it requires a functioning ethernet/usb port of which you may need ot search community forums to find the appropriate drivers, however suse has a vast amount orf support for such devices.

its always a good idea to search linux forums for tips and tricks and perhaps even noobie guides etc, and i pray for you that you know about partitions and file system formats or else you will be some what confused for some time..... and you bought a linux distro??? its all free ware... you prolly coulda downloaded it for free :p

[arckane]

It offered me Slackware and Gentoo... sounds about right :D

[acal3000]

Yeah is stupid paying for Linux when there are a lot of free versions out there

[bbeenn]

Yeah is stupid paying for Linux when there are a lot of free versions out there
its all free. including suse

i recomend using a dual boot because your going to want to keep using windows until you get everything working under linux.

now im off to download slackware

edit: just noticed the date of this. did you get it working propely?

[STi FlyBy]

Yeah is stupid paying for Linux when there are a lot of free versions out there

If the user is on dial-up, he'd be downloading for weeks, tying up his phone line ...

[JN4OldSchool]

SuSE has a free edition, but like RHEL, SuSE is also primarly a paid for distro that includes Novell support. Unless things have changed I dont think AOL will work with Linux. SuSE 10 is a decent enough distro, I know others in here wont even consider anything except Gentoo, but SuSE is for the real world and us real people who are not computer gurus. It is not my favorite distro but other than hateing Yast I really cant find too much to complain about. Linux (at least for us mainstream distro users and not the super Gentoo elite crowd) is not that hard to migrate to. You will need to learn some new things and some of what you know in Windows wont work, but for the most part it is very do-able with a little time and patience. The key is not to get discouraged, find a good support forum and and accept the differences rather than fight them. Before long you will never look back at Windows.

[bbeenn]

If the user is on dial-up, he'd be downloading for weeks, tying up his phone line ...

thats why you download it at work/school or a friends.

[arckane]

Gentoo isn't the be-all and end-all to be honest, if I really had time and patience I'd go for LSF (Linux From Scratch).

Anyhow, as I have said before, distro's in all flavours are good :) If you paid for Linux then I'd expect to get access to paid support forums for a year and any other tech support required ;) It's good that many opensource folk offer this for free, but with paid for subscription you should/will be always guaranteed an answer to your questions.

How'd it all go anyhow?