Anybody Used Opensuse? The current version is 10.2

I have tried a number of different linux distros, but I have never tried out opensuse, so I figured that I would give it a try.

I am in the process of downloading the installation DVD (as opposed to 6 CD's or whatever it normally takes). But I was wondering in the mean time if people could give me their experience with it.

I really like their website, as it seems to be very complete. They even have a HCL (Hardware compatibility list) which seems fairly complete (moreso than many other linux distros): https://en.opensuse.org/HCL

Currently I use ubuntu, but I was thinking of maybe installing opensuse alongside it...

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Hi,

 

I have tried a number of different linux distros, but I have never tried out opensuse, so I figured that I would give it a try.

 

I am in the process of downloading the installation DVD (as opposed to 6 CD's or whatever it normally takes). But I was wondering in the mean time if people could give me their experience with it.

 

I really like their website, as it seems to be very complete. They even have a HCL (Hardware compatibility list) which seems fairly complete (moreso than many other linux distros): https://en.opensuse.org/HCL

 

Currently I use ubuntu, but I was thinking of maybe installing opensuse alongside it...

If you hear me, open suse, is a big waste.. Ubuntu is sleeker and much more responsive. above all, 'apt-get' rocks, nothing like that on open suse. I have used the the suse enterprise version 9. and opensuse 10.1, (which I had evaluated) doesnt come close to it.

My main contentions are..

1) bulky, takes a lot of hd space.

2) slower.

3) difficult to install applications from source.

4) yast is buggy. many times I havent been able to get the network card detected. It hangs in there, I need to kill. Doing it from command line works although.

5) update is too cumbersome.. takes a while from yast.

6) firewall is too difficult for a novice user.. so do not enable it at installation time..

 

Good:

1) Cool Looks

2) easy installation

3) better than selinux.. AppArmor does stuff much more easily.. and I never needed that much of security...

 

regards

I'm gonna agree here; I tried OpenSUSE awhile ago when I was trying to find a slimmer distro than FC5 for my old laptop (Fedora got rid of the "minimal" install option) and found it to be more bloated and buggier that FC5. I eventually put Ubuntu (well, Kubuntu to be precise) on it because it let me do a true minimal installation (and brought me back to my good old days using debian before constant infighting brought debian to a seemingly interminable update freeze, hehe).

I use openSuSE on my laptop all the timexboxrulz

@xboxrulzhave you faced Yast issues ?I have a sony Viao, till long FC4- FC5 never got installed properly. Suse did get installed well. However Ubuntu also does get install fairly well. Try it to see how slim and fast it is.cheers

@xboxrulz
have you faced Yast issues ?
I have a sony Viao, till long FC4- FC5 never got installed properly. Suse did get installed well. However Ubuntu also does get install fairly well. Try it to see how slim and fast it is.

cheers

Nope, never had YaST2 issues. Sony Vaio laptops are known to have problems with Linux due to its unique architecture. Many distributions have problems working with it. For further help contact either your local LUG or go to SuSE Forums

xboxrulz

Well, after having installed it and run it for a couple of days (and done several reboots of my computer as I switched between windows, ubuntu linux, and opensuse linux)...And I have to say that there are a number of conclusions I have come to.A) The Opensuse installation is probably one of the easiest processes you'll ever encounter (although the ubuntu installation was somewhat similar, I have encountered a few bugs in the ubuntu install). It was able to detect my wireless card, which is good. Considering that ubuntu is one of the only other distros that I have gotten my card to work in. However, it will not connect to my network when the SSID is not broadcasted....which i don't really like to do.C) Overall it seems to run fairly efficiently on my system, and I don't have any performance issues. I also like some of the graphical features that KDE has.But today, for some reason when I turned on my computer....instead of the normal boot screen that asks me to select my operating system....it was some other one. It had snow falling on it, and a penguin moving with like a santa hat on it....(i don't know why this happened as it was fine the last time i started my computer, and I used windows, not opensuse)....Also when it booted, it didn't connect to my wireless card as usuall....and it stated that there were no wireless cards detected....i tried unplugging my card, and plugging it back in, that didn't fix it. Then I tried going in and looking at my network cards through YAST which it showed as being there, and it showed the correct configuration....So i shutdown the computer, and then waited a couple minutes and turned it back on....my boot screen looked normal, and it connected to my wireless network....so I am not sure what caused those issues....but I have to say it seemed really strange.Other than that, I actually have found that several applications seem to run faster in Opensuse for me than they do in ubuntu...in particular openoffice.

Well, after having installed it and run it for a couple of days (and done several reboots of my computer as I switched between windows, ubuntu linux, and opensuse linux)...And I have to say that there are a number of conclusions I have come to.
A) The Opensuse installation is probably one of the easiest processes you'll ever encounter (although the ubuntu installation was somewhat similar, I have encountered a few bugs in the ubuntu install).

It was able to detect my wireless card, which is good. Considering that ubuntu is one of the only other distros that I have gotten my card to work in. However, it will not connect to my network when the SSID is not broadcasted....which i don't really like to do.

C) Overall it seems to run fairly efficiently on my system, and I don't have any performance issues. I also like some of the graphical features that KDE has.

But today, for some reason when I turned on my computer....instead of the normal boot screen that asks me to select my operating system....it was some other one. It had snow falling on it, and a penguin moving with like a santa hat on it....(i don't know why this happened as it was fine the last time i started my computer, and I used windows, not opensuse)....Also when it booted, it didn't connect to my wireless card as usuall....and it stated that there were no wireless cards detected....i tried unplugging my card, and plugging it back in, that didn't fix it. Then I tried going in and looking at my network cards through YAST which it showed as being there, and it showed the correct configuration....So i shutdown the computer, and then waited a couple minutes and turned it back on....my boot screen looked normal, and it connected to my wireless network....so I am not sure what caused those issues....but I have to say it seemed really strange.

Other than that, I actually have found that several applications seem to run faster in Opensuse for me than they do in ubuntu...in particular openoffice.

lol, it's ok, the bootloader does that, it's one of those "eastereggs" the openSuSE team added for a "festive" touch into their product. It is meant to pop up randomly, sometimes you get the regular look of the bootloader.

xboxrulz

Well I have to say...i don't know what is wrong with opensuse lately....it won't connect to my wireless network hardly ever....it simply displays "no network device detected"....yet It worked before.... ;)Anybody know of the cause and/or solution to this?

Hard to say, are there any logs about not being able to connect to device?xboxrulz

I'm currently using SuSE Enterprise Desktop 10 on my main computer. I like it a lot. SuSE is a great brand and ever since Novell took over, I've seen some major improvements. I'm starting to phaze myself out of the Windows world as much as possible, but from what I've noticed, SuSE is on top of things pretty well. I've had good experiences with Red Hat/Fedora Core and SuSE to honestly say SuSE is good.[N]F