Re: SuSE 9.1 - Experience to Date
From: bill (wmaples_at_westga.edu)
Date: 05/13/04
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Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:51:26 -0700
On Wed, 12 May 2004 20:04:09 +0100, Leon Strider wrote:
> I have a PC with an Asus SK8N motherboard, AMD64-FX51 CPU, 2GB RAM, nVIDIA
> chipset, built-in ethernet port, IDE HDD on for data and SuSE, SATA HDD on
> RAID (Promise 20378) for Windows XP (still need it for some things), USB
> HDD for archives, Creative Audigy 2ZS, and an OmniFlash UnoMan USB card
> reader.
>
> Installation went 'like a dream', as they say. For the first time ever in my
> experience of SuSE installations:
> 1 the network (Internet) test was successful and many MB of updates were
> downloaded.
> 2 I was able to specify my monitor, resolution, and mouse during
> installation.
>
> However, booting after installation put me into FWM, which is, no doubt, a
> wonderful window manager but not one that I had ever tried. I eventually
> found my way to telling the system I wanted KDE and all was well.
>
> My first userid logs straight in after booting. Though this was easy enough
> to rectify using the KDE Control Centre, I think the default should be that
> no user is logged in automatically - that's the secure way to do things.
>
> My Epson colour laser printer was asleep when I performed the new
> installation, so I had to wake it and reboot before I could configure it
> but it worked fine.
>
> My card reader does not register. I'll have to root about (pun intended) to
> get that sorted.
>
> Kwikshow froze KDE after 30 or so photos had displayed.
>
> OpenOffice.org is now integrated in the KDE menu (e.g. Writer is under
> Office->Wordprocessor, rather than in a separate OpenOffice.org 1.1.1
> entry, and it sports KDE menus & eye candy (like KWord) rather than its
> own, rather dowdy GUI.
>
> Sound works fine except that input on the Line connexion does not register
> no matter what I try. More rooting about required!
>
> As for speed ... very nippy indeed! Actually, it is fast; that's right,
> fast!
>
> Final comment: Though there are some issues that still need addressing, this
> is a class act. I am very pleased with my speedy 64-bit system and shall
> definitely not be among those who buy the 64-bit version of Windows XP
> (whenever that is released!). On the whole, I am very impressed and a happy
> customer. Well done, SuSE! Keep up the good work.
I assume you loaded 64 bit SuSE, and if so did you load gftp
2.0.16? I did, but it immediately exits upon connecting to any ftp
site. No error messages. I had to go back to gftp 2.0.14. Furthermore,
Mozilla and Konqueror will not handle Java based menus (latest version of
Java)and several sites for which I must have access will not load. The 32
bit SuSE's ftp 2.0.16, Mozilla and Konqueror do not have these problems.
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