open SuSE General Package Management questions
Hi,
for hardware reasons (IBM R51 laptop, the infamous 'fan always on' problem), I'm considering switching from fedora cr 4to open SuSE 10, since it seems that SuSE has a particular attention towards Thinkpads. One guy from the linux-thinkpad ML told me he was running 9.3 on a R51 without any problem. However, SuSE 7.3 was my first distro (ages ago). I somewhat remember that I had to use specific SuSE rpm packages for updating/installing my system. Is this still true? For instance, I would need Sun's Java SDK on my laptop, I know in the open version of SuSE it is not included. How would I proceed with install, i.e. where do I have to look for? The same with Firefox, Thunderbird? Do I need to build my own rpms? Finally: Where can I find a website for openSuSE specific question? Will this forum here be ok? |
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A good start is always http://en.opensuse.org There you'll find a lot of documentation, links to download sources, forums, etc.. |
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