[KLUG Members] Suse questions

[Stuart Gillis]

I bought SUSE 7.3 acouple months ago just to try it out. The main difference I can see is Suse uses "/etc/rc.d" instead of "/etc/rc.d/init.d" for red Hat. 

The menus for KDE are set up differently but that's not a big deal.

Suse also seemed to do a better job of setting up my hardware then my last install of RH. My ide cdrw was setup with the ide-scsi emulation automatically and Xcdroast worked imediatelly. Icons for my zip drive, DVD, and cdrw were placed on the desktop. 

It did add a third link to a cdrom that is not functional. That is there are links to dvd, cdrw and cdrom, but  only the first 2 exist. This caused problems during the install that I started from the dvd. It booted and went through everything fine until it started to copy files. Then it couldn't find cd 1. I had to switch to the cds for the rest of the install. On the other hand I tried the install on my laptop with a dvd drive only and that worked fine. 

One warning. This weekend I ran a program called fetchmsttf which gos to Microsofts Webserver and downloads true type fonts. After running this program a numer of other programs don't work anymore. The fonts for Kword were messed up, kpackage didn't work and a graphics program called compupic gave a sementation fault. 

BTW if you desl with a lot of graphics files I highly recommend compupic from www.photodex.com. It is $39.95 for Windows and free for personal use for Linux, BSD ... This program is the best I've found and has run flawlessly until saturday. Interestingly the free linux beta works better then the $ windows version (which I also have).
> Tony Gettig wrote:
> 
> >Hi folks,
> >
> >First let me say that I am not trying to start a Suse vs Red Hat war. I
> >am just hoping to get a better idea of what to expect should I delve
> >into Suse.
> >
> >The age old argument of whether size matters or not is evident when you
> >consider the packaging of Suse. I mean, 6 CD's and a DVD (in
> >Professional Edition)? That's a lot of stuff! More stuff can be
> >confusing though. I am specifically wondering about the VMware that
> >comes with Suse Pro. Is it a full version or a demo? Does anyone know
> >for sure? 
> >
> >On configuration and administration, I understand Suse keeps some files
> >in different directories than Red Hat and other RPM based distros. What
> >are the differences? My initial thought is that this departure from a
> >loose defacto standard of file placement would not be good. But is it? 
> >
> >It also seems that Suse has better support for newer hardware, but I
> >suppose that could be relative to the individual. My newest hardware is
> >a PII-600. :) (Before that it was a 233 MMX!)
> >
> >I read a review recently that I thought was fair and balanced of the
> >best distro for a workstation and the best distro for a server. Suse won
> >both. It is in the November 26, 2001 issue of Network Computing. The
> >online version can be seen at
> >
> >http://www.networkcomputing.com/1224/1224f2.html
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >
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