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Parshwa Murdia

20 Jan 2011 20 Jan '11

14:58

Hi, I am ***ABSOLUTELY NEW*** in the world of linux and IT. Someone told me to use Linux despite of Windows. I thought and yes it is more secured that is what I know. Now when I searched for free Linux, I got numerous OS, probably distros, what is called here. I am highly confused as to with what start with and know the basic things. As my job is different but today without computers nothing is there and the world is going to be digital, so I thought to take suggestions of the Linux users, experts and developers. Open SUSE name comes at the first page of google search, or probably at any other search engine. Now my requirement: Audio-video conversion, watching movies, listening music, taking prints, secured banks transactions, multimedia, image editing, CD/DVD burning, and of course net surfing and emailing. All this I could do in Windows GUI, but I felt some reason to switch to Linux. Now what I heard and got to know is that there are numerous OS in Linux itself. People say Fedora is highly highly secured and good, yes it could be but is having a very frequent update cycle and much more technical in nature. For Ubuntu (Long Term Support), I am quite confused. Cent OS is stable but is like Fedora itself, so is a little typical, what I guess. Scientific Linux might be good. But my request is to let me know if Open SUSE is okay for a novice, especially for the person who is not from softwares but want to use a linux distro. Secondly, I guess (but don't know) if it would easily fulfill my purposes without going into the core technical details. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

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Adam Tauno Williams

20 Jan 20 Jan

15:44

I think you want the opensuse@opensuse.org list; not -factory. opensuse@opensuse.org is for end-users, factory is for those building the next generation of packages.

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Now my requirement: Audio-video conversion, watching movies, listening music, taking prints, secured banks transactions, multimedia, image editing, CD/DVD burning, and of course net surfing and emailing. All this I could do in Windows GUI, but I felt some reason to switch to Linux.

All this can be done on openSUSE.

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Now what I heard and got to know is that there are numerous OS in Linux itself. People say Fedora is highly highly secured and good, yes it could be but is having a very frequent update cycle and much more technical in nature. For Ubuntu (Long Term Support), I am quite confused. Cent OS is stable but is like Fedora itself, so is a little typical, what I guess. Scientific Linux might be good.

All such general statements as "highly secured" are to be *IGNORED* and *DISCARDED*. In time you'll learn to filter out pointless generalized babble such as that. For the desktop, which is what you describe, you do *not* want Fedora (a developer's distro) or CentOS (a server-centric distro). openSUSE or Ubuntu would be suitable. As a novice avoid anything out of the big four [CentOS, Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu] - and most importantly ignore anyone who tries to convince you otherwise. Distro-hopping is bad. Moving from one distro to another is *NOT* a solution to problems and only serves to flop your problems around - pick one distribution, stick to it, and if you encounter issues seek assistance and fix them. Do *not* reinstall, or "try another one". Of course, I recommend openSUSE.

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But my request is to let me know if Open SUSE is okay for a novice,

Yes.

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especially for the person who is not from softwares but want to use a linux distro. Secondly, I guess (but don't know) if it would easily fulfill my purposes without going into the core technical details.

-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

stuart＠bolin.org.uk

15:55

Hi I am the uk distributor for opensuse linux and would be glad to answer any questions you may have. I use opensuse on my pc and hdtv it works well you just need to add a few codecs which is quite easy. VLC Media player is a good media player. Amarok is great for music. Firefox is much more secure than windows. OpenOffice can handle any documents you need to write. Kontact is good for email as you can store all contacts create tasks and reminders easily. K3b is a really good DVD burning program that is really easy to use. Check out www.bolin.org.uk for detailed explanations of what you get with opensuse. Also as a new user I would recomend considering the retail box as it comes with helpful instruction manuals so you won't get consfused. Hope this helps. Stuart Tanner UK Distributor for openSUSE Retail Box Edition Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone -----Original Message----- From: Parshwa Murdia Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 15:58:14 To: Subject: [opensuse-factory] Problems for non-IT persons Hi, I am ***ABSOLUTELY NEW*** in the world of linux and IT. Someone told me to use Linux despite of Windows. I thought and yes it is more secured that is what I know. Now when I searched for free Linux, I got numerous OS, probably distros, what is called here. I am highly confused as to with what start with and know the basic things. As my job is different but today without computers nothing is there and the world is going to be digital, so I thought to take suggestions of the Linux users, experts and developers. Open SUSE name comes at the first page of google search, or probably at any other search engine. Now my requirement: Audio-video conversion, watching movies, listening music, taking prints, secured banks transactions, multimedia, image editing, CD/DVD burning, and of course net surfing and emailing. All this I could do in Windows GUI, but I felt some reason to switch to Linux. Now what I heard and got to know is that there are numerous OS in Linux itself. People say Fedora is highly highly secured and good, yes it could be but is having a very frequent update cycle and much more technical in nature. For Ubuntu (Long Term Support), I am quite confused. Cent OS is stable but is like Fedora itself, so is a little typical, what I guess. Scientific Linux might be good. But my request is to let me know if Open SUSE is okay for a novice, especially for the person who is not from softwares but want to use a linux distro. Secondly, I guess (but don't know) if it would easily fulfill my purposes without going into the core technical details. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Parshwa Murdia

17:06

On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM, wrote:

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Hi I am the uk distributor for opensuse linux and would be glad to answer any questions you may have.

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I use opensuse on my pc and hdtv it works well you just need to add a few codecs which is quite easy.

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VLC Media player is a good media player. Amarok is great for music. Firefox is much more secure than windows. OpenOffice can handle any documents you need to write. Kontact is good for email as you can store all contacts create tasks and reminders easily. K3b is a really good DVD burning program that is really easy to use.

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Check out www.bolin.org.uk for detailed explanations of what you get with opensuse.

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Also as a new user I would recomend considering the retail box as it comes with helpful instruction manuals so you won't get consfused.

Replying to your mail only but I would like to thank all the community members here who commented. I really joined a developers mailing list and now should try forum of opensuse. I would like to thank to Larry Finger, Adam Tauno Williams, you (Stuart Tanner) and Martin Schlander. But I hope expedition for Linux is good. -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

Nelson Marques

18:18

Parshwa, Welcome. Keep in mind that Linux comes in different flavors and every distro has it's tricks. Pick one that you are comfortable with and prepare for some natural obstacles. One of the great things you will notice is that Linux comes with great deal of transparency and allows you to fully command the machine, no longer you will be enslaved by the operating system :) Rome wasn't build in a day, and if you never give up and commit to learning something you, I am sure it will make all your delights. Welcome aboard. NM On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Parshwa Murdia wrote:

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On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:55 PM, wrote:

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Hi I am the uk distributor for opensuse linux and would be glad to answer any questions you may have.

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I use opensuse on my pc and hdtv it works well you just need to add a few codecs which is quite easy.

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VLC Media player is a good media player. Amarok is great for music. Firefox is much more secure than windows. OpenOffice can handle any documents you need to write. Kontact is good for email as you can store all contacts create tasks and reminders easily. K3b is a really good DVD burning program that is really easy to use.

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Check out www.bolin.org.uk for detailed explanations of what you get with opensuse.

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Also as a new user I would recomend considering the retail box as it comes with helpful instruction manuals so you won't get consfused.

Replying to your mail only but I would like to thank all the community members here who commented. I really joined a developers mailing list and now should try forum of opensuse. I would like to thank to Larry Finger, Adam Tauno Williams, you (Stuart Tanner) and Martin Schlander.

But I hope expedition for Linux is good.

-- Regards, Parshwa Murdia -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

-- nelson marques nmo.marques@gmail.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org

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