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17-01-2005, 12:09
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Suse Linux 9.2 DVD ISO available for download
http://www.suse.com/en/private/downl...t_mirrors.html
Check local mirrors, it's not propagated to all of them yet. http://www.novell.com/products/linux.../ftp/eval.html They're calling it an "eval" version, though it's installable - is there a catch? Broadband + DVD writer required. There is an alternative CD + FTP version
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17-01-2005, 15:59
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The DVD version seems fine, and it's a welcome change to the standard SuSE policy.
I have tried to use the other stuff (the SuSE minimal CD) to install from network, but to my surprise the damn thing could not intialize a pretty trivial DHCP client setup, and it was also unable to connect via a standard proxy. I guess they need to work on it, as virtually ALL current Linux distros setup DHCP automatically upon boot time...
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18-01-2005, 15:24
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I've tryed some distros since a couple of months, including suse. I must admit I had downloaded a not so legal cd version. It was nice, but i didn't really liked the "not so legal" part... Why use linux if its not free? Also the cd version didn't had fortran compiler witch was badly needed.
I'm actually on FC3 but I get errors on bootup after some upgrades. Also, I don't really understand why, some kernels are really slow. Could it be because of nvidia drivers not present? Don't know but I'm keeping an "old" kernel. From you recommendation scarecrow, I'm trying some optimized distros. I've installed Yoper and I'm pretty amased of the speed! I'm actually downloading its kernel sources, needed for ndiswrapper to compile. Thats a bit sad its not included on the cd because without it, I can't compile ndiswrapper to acces internet... I think you also recommended Arch. Does your opinion still keep?
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18-01-2005, 23:29
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The distro also doesn't seem to bother about "slight" licencing issues... non-GPL packages are included on the main repos. And of course the package manager (the console based pacman) is absolutely superb- the best *nix software installer I've ever seen. You can call it "Slackware on Steroids"...
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The revolution cannot be a lever, or an essay, or tablaeu, or embroidery. It cannot proceed mellowly, piece-by-piece, gently, devoutly, simply and humbly. Mao Zedong Last edited by scarecrow : 18-01-2005 at 23:33.
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19-01-2005, 00:34
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Have in mind though that your regular liveCD will NOT be able to mount XFS/Reiser4 partitions, so if something bad happens then you must look for a Gentoo liveCD (which supports both XFS and Reiser4) or admit that you fecked it bigtime... Better is IMHO to stick for the moment to proven and flexible stuff like ReiserFS 3.6, and leave XFS and Reiser4 for later. PS: almost forgot: Arch uses solely gcc for compiling, and the old plain GNU make system (no "gmake" stuff, just "make")... That might dissapoint you, if you are a software developer, but it was built with simplicity in mind.
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The revolution cannot be a lever, or an essay, or tablaeu, or embroidery. It cannot proceed mellowly, piece-by-piece, gently, devoutly, simply and humbly. Mao Zedong Last edited by scarecrow : 19-01-2005 at 00:48.
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27-01-2005, 22:47
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Server is located in Greece (National Technical University of Athens), downloading at work with ~200kb/s.  EDIT: Oups, sorry, that"s the Live DVD, is that what u r looking for?
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