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Hello, I'm an OpenSuse 12.2 user. 
This is in no way meant as a review or an endorsement, but mealy the ramblings and sometime incoherent written thoughts of a "new person" to Linux.
I installed OS 12.2 a few days ago, then rage-quit 'cos it would not run a program I wanted. Other versions of Linux had no bother with running Boinc ... seems to be a trait with Linux.
You see, I have this system, an AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 3800 with 3 gig ram on a Asus GF4 motherboard touting a GF 8500 512 video card just laying around doing nothing, and, as I have recently re-joined the PCReview Crew II crunchin' team, I thought I should put it to good use.
After my rage-quite I installed Vista
... shut up at the back ... reinstalling OpenSuse was a far better idea. Visa asking me to update to SP1 for the umpteenth time was the last straw ... you can see I have a considerable amount of patents.
Installing OpenSuse is quite easy, pop the DVD in, install ... I'd already had a "live session" with a few Linux distros ... it's the prettiest.
I am very pleased at how far forward Linux in general has come, I have ventured onto the dark side before, and sad to say, had given up.
Suse installed the one thing I was dreading on doing, from past experience, among other things, and that was, the graphics drivers.
It was that only one out of the few distos I tried that did so ... a +1 in my book.
The past couple of days have been taking up, primarily, with me doing a lot of reading. So I been a bit slow to find out that ... I don't need to find, load and setup the main repositories, they already there. All hardware has been recognised and drivers installed out of the box. another +1 ... heck, I even dug out a reasonable set of speakers, well they helps to hear the warning sounds.
Going back to the repositories a minute, oh, they are the place where you get your packages and other software from, like drivers. There is a new way, well is new to me, that one can "install" the required links ... they have what's called "single-click installs" it's all the rage don't you know ... took me awhile to fine out it only works within the Firefox Browser and not my favorite Chrome.
Still, I don't need the security offered by Chrome in Windows as I do in Linux. Wonder what AV program I'll choose.
Oh, and the reason I stumbled upon the 'single-click install' was I was trying to get another pet hate of Windows users moving to Linux working, and that is ... video play back. I can do everything else, heck I especially like the various music files choices one has and K3b copy software is second to non, but this propriety video playback crap is just a pain in the arse!
I only have this one music video, a copy, so I'm not sure if it's a recognised format or a real problem. Until I can find a 'real' DVD film/video, I'm not sure if it working or not, I have one somewhere, I think.
oops,
DVD Video playback is fine.
... time for coffee, Robo Cop anyone?
This is in no way meant as a review or an endorsement, but mealy the ramblings and sometime incoherent written thoughts of a "new person" to Linux.
I installed OS 12.2 a few days ago, then rage-quit 'cos it would not run a program I wanted. Other versions of Linux had no bother with running Boinc ... seems to be a trait with Linux.
You see, I have this system, an AMD 64 X2 Dual Core 3800 with 3 gig ram on a Asus GF4 motherboard touting a GF 8500 512 video card just laying around doing nothing, and, as I have recently re-joined the PCReview Crew II crunchin' team, I thought I should put it to good use.
After my rage-quite I installed Vista
... shut up at the back ... reinstalling OpenSuse was a far better idea. Visa asking me to update to SP1 for the umpteenth time was the last straw ... you can see I have a considerable amount of patents. Installing OpenSuse is quite easy, pop the DVD in, install ... I'd already had a "live session" with a few Linux distros ... it's the prettiest.
I am very pleased at how far forward Linux in general has come, I have ventured onto the dark side before, and sad to say, had given up.
Suse installed the one thing I was dreading on doing, from past experience, among other things, and that was, the graphics drivers.
It was that only one out of the few distos I tried that did so ... a +1 in my book.
The past couple of days have been taking up, primarily, with me doing a lot of reading. So I been a bit slow to find out that ... I don't need to find, load and setup the main repositories, they already there. All hardware has been recognised and drivers installed out of the box. another +1 ... heck, I even dug out a reasonable set of speakers, well they helps to hear the warning sounds.
Going back to the repositories a minute, oh, they are the place where you get your packages and other software from, like drivers. There is a new way, well is new to me, that one can "install" the required links ... they have what's called "single-click installs" it's all the rage don't you know ... took me awhile to fine out it only works within the Firefox Browser and not my favorite Chrome.
Still, I don't need the security offered by Chrome in Windows as I do in Linux. Wonder what AV program I'll choose. Oh, and the reason I stumbled upon the 'single-click install' was I was trying to get another pet hate of Windows users moving to Linux working, and that is ... video play back. I can do everything else, heck I especially like the various music files choices one has and K3b copy software is second to non, but this propriety video playback crap is just a pain in the arse!
I only have this one music video, a copy, so I'm not sure if it's a recognised format or a real problem. Until I can find a 'real' DVD film/video, I'm not sure if it working or not, I have one somewhere, I think.
oops,
DVD Video playback is fine.... time for coffee, Robo Cop anyone?
Now where is that stupid revolver? 
