Some Basic SuSE Questions...

tauhshi · 12-23-2005, 02:32 PM

Does SuSE have a graphicial installer?
Are there any limitations on the Open Source version of SuSE?
Does SuSE have automatic Harware reconigition?
Can it Dual Boot with Win XP?
Does it install GRUB for you?

Sp1t · 12-23-2005, 02:36 PM

Yep, Dunno, for many but not all things, yes and yes.

RedShirt · 12-23-2005, 03:48 PM

Yes, a damned good one. Better than any other I have tried(and I have tried basically all of them).
Only in so far as immediate install, which means it does not have some media functionality(for legal reasons) until you install a few updates.
A qualified yes. It recognizes far more than most I have tried, but still has some limits in the way of keyboards, mice and obscure hardware.
Yes, quite easily actually
Yes, or Lilo, your choice

tauhshi · 12-23-2005, 07:33 PM

Thanks, forgot to ask, Does it allow you to partition in the instal?

rshaw · 12-23-2005, 07:42 PM

yup. it will make a suggestion as to how to partition which you are free to accept or change.

rshaw · 12-23-2005, 07:49 PM

what it looks like

http://www.novell.com/products/susel...tallation.html

KimVette · 12-23-2005, 09:24 PM

The installer is far more sophisticated than Windows' installer, if you want a point of reference. Unless you force it into text mode, the SuSE installer is totally graphical from beginning to end. It can walk you through the installation in a wizard-like fashion, prompting you only a few times or you can go into expert modes and spend hours setting your package selections just right.

tauhshi · 12-23-2005, 09:52 PM

Cool, well, If only it wouldnt take 76 hours to download it... For some strange reason, nobody is seeding SuSE over 25kb...except me, I'm seeding at 73kb...strange... If anyone still has the .iso images on there computer, and can make a .torrent, would you mind?

carl0ski · 12-26-2005, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by tauhshi

Cool, well, If only it wouldnt take 76 hours to download it... For some strange reason, nobody is seeding SuSE over 25kb...except me, I'm seeding at 73kb...strange... If anyone still has the .iso images on there computer, and can make a .torrent, would you mind?

why persaveer with a .torrent

the isos are freely available all over the internet

tauhshi · 12-27-2005, 12:53 PM

But the mirrors weren't functioning at their full capasity, though, I still downloaded them through them, took 2 days, and I had to re-download them to get them right. I haven't been working with SuSE lately because my DigiCam isn't Supported. Hell, It isn't even supported by Windows. I have to use their software to get my pics...

rshaw · 12-27-2005, 12:59 PM

which cam model?

tauhshi · 12-27-2005, 01:17 PM

A Kodak EasyShare Z740

rshaw · 12-27-2005, 01:36 PM

should be supported. gphoto2 installed? plug the cam directly to the computer with a usb cable and turn it on. suse should notice it and mount it as an usb external storage device.

mephisto786 · 12-31-2005, 10:06 AM

Or, for those looking for the dvd ...check out Linux User magazine...the one that gives you a dvd distro a month....January is Suse 10 Eval, including the live cd mode on it....and a cute lil lizard on the disc

tauhshi · 12-31-2005, 08:02 PM

Im actually using digikam. I plug it in, it recognizes it, mounts it, but when I try to take pics off of it, it says that it can't...