I broke it within 35 seconds.

Good job it's only a "live" DVD ... dam yanks, my keboard is set for US English ... now where can I change that?

I brok it again ...

Ah, wait for the DVD drive to catch up ... dam its slow off the DVD

Those Linux Live DVDs are great Especially Knoppix!

Not this one ... it took 4 mins to open the "start" menu ... you know what I mean.

I rebooted 3 times untill I realised ...

Suse's Live DVD did not use my HD as Knoppix seems too ... might be because Knoppix I have is only a CD.

You just can't use it ... the only thing that "worked" was getting on the web via Firefox.

Ok, I'm back ... I really do like this SuSe, but ... I cannot seem to get anything working.

I put the DVD this time in the DVD-RW ... at least now it is more responcive.

BUT ... There is ONLY US English, no way I can see to change the keyboard layout and although I can see the HDs & CD drives it won't READ them.

I thought the idea was so you could try out Linux, in this case Suse, to see how you would like it.

Anybody know why nothing works ... well the Internet does.

Yep my 'hardware' looks as though it is supported ... shame I cant use any of it to test if it actually works?


Dam small font size here too ... I need a microscope ...

Just stick with Knoppix if you are running it live, or perhaps even Lindows Live?

No fun in that ... I have the full DVD just wanted to see how it works.

oops ... can't insert smilies in this Konqueror browser? Oh 'ang on ?? nope, did not work ... you'll have to tell vB they need to fix it. ;-)

Edit, using Firefox ...

In the installable versions of SuSe

Open up Yast > Hardware > Keyboard > English (UK)
Should set things right for you on the keyboard issues.

As for the fonts being small, for some reason SuSe likes to start your screen at it's maximum settings.

Using yast again
Yast > Hardware > Graphics card and Monitor > (adjust screen resolution here - should fix the font issues- normally the resolution is set REALLY high and needs to be adjusted down)

Hope that helps some.

Hey! where did you come from ... I'm supposed to go over there and err, anoy you with questions.



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Hello, and wellcome.

Thanks for the tips ... but I was using the "Live" DVD offering from Suse ... it doesn't let you 'play' with any settings you could not 'change' anything, real silly that.

Nearly Installed the Full DVD today, made a start by formating the second HD (80gig be enough?) but got side-tracked ... no, I chickend out.

Now when I find your website, and after some more reading, and a bottle of scotch, I may well take the plunge.

But the fence is getting rickity.

Take the plunge

It's a learning curve, I won't deny that, but it is sooooo worth the effort. With the slick installers, and the nice KDE desktop interface, it's very easy to get started.

I found you fellas on the Find-A-Drug forums/stats pages, thought i'd pay you a visit. You know, make sure you had an active Linux forum and all that LOL. Nice place, I'll try to make a point of visiting you from time to time.