Re: OpenSUSE 11.0 alpha 2

jamesromeongmail.com <jamesrome@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I am getting a new computer which I will put Linux on.
I was wondering if people thing I should try SUSE 11 alpha2. I have a
few questions:
1) I sort of have KDE 4 on my 10.3 machine. But if I boot into KDE 4,
there is nothing on the desktop, and I cannot even figure out how to
get
a shell. I get two widgets that seem to have no purpose, but that is
all. Is my version broken, or am I totally misusing it? I presume
11.0
comes with KDE 4.
2) If I install alpha2, should I be able to successfully upgrade to
the
release version?
3) Any other gotchas?


Yes. Alpha software is buggy. It is best run on hardware that
you have confidence in, not new stuff as you won't be able to
tell the difference between (say) a bad memory stick and a software
bug.

You can install 10.3 on the machine. If you do, be sure to create
a separate /home partition. Then, when 11.0 comes out, you can
upgrade painlessly and arrange things so that your home partition
won't be touched. Of course at that time it is sensible to back
/home up anyway, but you very likely would have no problems.

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--- Paul J. Gans
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