OpenSuse

 

Linux

 

OpenSuse is the second Linux distro i am trying the first was Ubuntu and it was a great Linux distribution for somebody new to Linux . I restricted myself to using the gnome desktop environment in the 2 Ubuntu releases i used . Wanting some variety i decided to give a different distribution a try this time . After trawling through various Linux distribution comparing sites i decided on trying out OpenSuse 11.3 KDE . I had heard a lot about it’s fairly tight integration with KDE and its Mac like interface .

First Look

 

OpenSuse

 

I went in for the Live CD download . You actually get 4 options among them is a DVD download whose size is around 4GB and which apart from having the different desktop environments like kde,xfc and gnome also has many additional packages and softwares that you would require for a fully functionung linux system .

The installation interface was simple and looked very professional . Completely unlike the simple Ubuntu interface i was used to . One gripe i did have with it was that the Grub that was installed did not detect the windows boot setting correctly and had made many dummy entries in the Grub menu.

The operating system interface (KDE version) has a very Mac like feel with a fair bit of eye candy . The perfomance is also very good , though i did find that there were some minor anomolies like when the mouse pointer got stuck to a position sometimes for no reason at all . Like in other operating systems restricted packages are not provided with the OS by default and so you ll have to set it up after the installation . The highlight of the OpenSuse distribution is definetly the Yast manager. It is an administartive tool that has a very intuiative GUI and functions very much like Microsoft Windows Control Panel. Just about every adminsitrative task can be carried out from Yast . All in all i find OpenSuse to be a solid desktop system .

This blog was made to be a problem log , so in the following posts i ll be entering the problems that i encounter with my Open Suse installation and their fixes .

Have a nice day 🙂