Quick review of SuSE 10.0

Tuesday, 11 October 2005 22:08

Suse 10 linux I've done right now the migration to Suse linux 10 on 2 computer

Novell has killed the SUSE pro version and now offer:

A box version, for 59Ã¢â€šÂ¬
An Eval version (identical content as the box version but without printed manual or support) this one can be download using http, ftp mirror or better bittorent.
A 3rd version, which is open source only (understand without any commercial or closed source apps) can also be downloaded from www.opensuse.org

Note that all 3 versions above share the same source code base (open source kernel and extension developped at www.opensuse.org)

As usual, if You want to try for the first time a linux distribution, I recommend You to try the live DVD version (both 32 bits and 64 bits cpu version is available).

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My experience with Update

HP nx7000 has been migrated succesffuly from suse 9.3 to 10 without any pain (reboot ladtop with dvd inside and choose installation then update) Note that before updating I was forced to remove all major (and for me vital application): Videolan, mplayer, amule among others... The wireless and bluetooth card are working perfectly without any intervention (was not the case under 9.3 pro)
My destop during update always hang after 54 minutes (during install of rpm mms (a winamp like) install) I was force to do a fresh install. I am convince it can not be a SUSE fault.

Quick review:

a lot more polished in KDE control center (thanks to KDE 3.4.2)

blazing fast during boot time, for sure 5 times faster with my setup (same hardware) - responsiveness desktop as ever, the NVIDIA driver installed after "online update" allow 3D acceleration right out the box

Superkaramba has been integrated into KDE, it has never been so easy to locate new themes (so call desktop widget), thanks to an integrated search engine, install or administrate them.
The "search box" in start menu is so great that I do not understand why microsoft has not done it before. this "search box" act like a search engine which allow You to queries the start menu with keywords. Example? searching a browser program by "internet", or "browser" highlight matching entries

A detailled review will follow soon....

Links to reviews

Mad penguin http://madpenguin.org/cms/index.php/?m=show&id=5382&page=1

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the awful 'sync al the time' of exter

Walter CÃƒÂ©dric (80.218.21.xxx) 2005-10-14 20:27:12

I am finally enjoying the fact
"Yes you can have an external usb disk
formatted with reiserfs without loosing 50% of cpu each 2 minutes because the
SuSE team decide to sync it like hell" (it was so in SUSE 9.3)
This bad
idea is gone in SUSE 10.0 ! YES

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apt install

Walter CÃƒÂ©dric (80.218.21.xxx) 2005-10-15 22:43:18

If You decide to use apt-get instead of YaST

The Advanced Package Tool (APT)
is a wrapper around rpm, enhancing and improving rpm's functionality. One of
most important aspects of APT is that it prevents inconsistencies in the
installed rpms.

if You want to automate the installation, the retrieving of
good and stable APT repositories, all You have to do is to download this
file:
install-apt4suse.rpm
install it as root, then install a frontend to
facilate install, remove of programs: Synaptic is one of these GUI for
APT

Simply type:
#apt install synaptic

links:
* Comparison between
APT, fou4s, YOU and YMP
http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/afy.html
*
http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/

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re: the awful 'sync al the time' of ex

Michael Neuweiler (15.195.185.xxx) 2005-11-11 10:05:09

There's a workaround for the awful external HD synch (actually it is USB and
Firewire). Instead of accessing the device via /media , you have to mount it
manually to e.g. /mnt. You can also disable the automounter at all.
with that
it was also possible to work with external disks under 9.3... but that's
obsolete now anyway..