Suse 11.0

jbarr5 · 07-14-2008, 02:15 PM

What's everyone's opinions on it?

**sobeit** · 07-14-2008, 02:35 PM

My first linux was suse and I recently tried suse 11. It is a good beginning linux program unless you use a wireless laptop, then its a literal pain to try to get it to work. I took it off and put on something a little more wireless friendly.

jbarr5 · 07-14-2008, 11:02 PM

What exactly makes it hard to work with? I'll be running it on UT's wireless network this fall.

qbawl · 07-14-2008, 11:49 PM

I have no trouble with wireless and like Suse; I can't get sound to work, though, and have tried it on two different machines. Everything else works fine, but I'm not really too crazy about Yast.

jbarr5 · 07-15-2008, 10:37 AM

Well I got it installed on the second H/D, but my BIOS only finds the one in the first bay. Neither drive has pins set on the jumpers, but the diagrams that Toshiba has do not match up with the layout of the jumpers on my drives.

Also, I can't get it to connect to my wireless network. $*%&#%&!!!!

jbarr5 · 07-15-2008, 01:53 PM

Thanks to a Bluetooth phone and network adapter, here are pictures of the H/D in question. Both H/D's are identical.

The last picture is of the jumpers which are laid out in a single row.

**sobeit** · 07-15-2008, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbarr5

What exactly makes it hard to work with? I'll be running it on UT's wireless network this fall.

Linux in general has problems with wireless networks since theres no linux drivers available for most. You have to use ndiswrapper and use the windows driver in order to get it to work. Its a pain to setup at times.

Even though I have been using linux for several years I have not taken the time to learn it. I can use it and it does just about everything I want it to do but I just dont know it. If the distro does not make it easy to setup the wireless, I will just switch to another that makes it easy to set it up without typing in the terminal. Theres very few distros that makes it easy with the different laptops I have - the two that I found works the best for me is xandros and mandriva. Even ubuntu makes wireless difficult to use for the laptops I have. Just call me lazy.

wmorri · 07-16-2008, 07:21 PM

sobeit, I don't want to go off and sound like a jerk, but there are a couple of things that you should learn how to do. The first and most important thing is find a distro that you like and will take the time to learn. This is very important so that you can take from your experience with the distro that you use and then give advice to others.(I have read a lot of your posts, and most of them do give good information).

The second thing that you should learn is how to use basic commands in terminal. This will help you more than just being able to move about in a command line interface. You will be able to take most all commands and use them on any number of OS's. So, I would recommend that you learn at least the basic cd, ls, rm, dir, commands and what they do.

Cheers!

07-14-2008, 02:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
jbarr5 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Apex, NC/Knoxville, TN Posts: 9 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit/SUSE 11.0 64-Bit	Suse 11.0 What's everyone's opinions on it?

07-14-2008, 02:35 PM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 5,421 OS: windows/linux	Re: Suse 11.0 My first linux was suse and I recently tried suse 11. It is a good beginning linux program unless you use a wireless laptop, then its a literal pain to try to get it to work. I took it off and put on something a little more wireless friendly. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.

07-14-2008, 11:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
jbarr5 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Apex, NC/Knoxville, TN Posts: 9 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit/SUSE 11.0 64-Bit	Re: Suse 11.0 What exactly makes it hard to work with? I'll be running it on UT's wireless network this fall.

07-14-2008, 11:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
qbawl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 405 OS: OSX/Linux/XP	Re: Suse 11.0 I have no trouble with wireless and like Suse; I can't get sound to work, though, and have tried it on two different machines. Everything else works fine, but I'm not really too crazy about Yast.

07-15-2008, 10:37 AM	#5 (permalink)
jbarr5 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Apex, NC/Knoxville, TN Posts: 9 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64-Bit/SUSE 11.0 64-Bit	Re: Suse 11.0 Well I got it installed on the second H/D, but my BIOS only finds the one in the first bay. Neither drive has pins set on the jumpers, but the diagrams that Toshiba has do not match up with the layout of the jumpers on my drives. Also, I can't get it to connect to my wireless network. $*%&#%&!!!!

07-16-2008, 07:21 PM	#8 (permalink)
wmorri HJT Trainee Join Date: May 2008 Location: NORTHERN New York Posts: 524 OS: Vista Basic SP1/Ubuntu 8.04/Fedora 9	Re: Suse 11.0 sobeit, I don't want to go off and sound like a jerk, but there are a couple of things that you should learn how to do. The first and most important thing is find a distro that you like and will take the time to learn. This is very important so that you can take from your experience with the distro that you use and then give advice to others.(I have read a lot of your posts, and most of them do give good information). The second thing that you should learn is how to use basic commands in terminal. This will help you more than just being able to move about in a command line interface. You will be able to take most all commands and use them on any number of OS's. So, I would recommend that you learn at least the basic cd, ls, rm, dir, commands and what they do. Cheers! __________________ Linux Forever! Learning is doing, not being able to follow steps put forth by others.