On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Rick Bilonick wrote:

I've tried

yast2 -i package-name

but it always wants a DVD. I've tried to point it to a repository but to no avail.

Go into Yast, select Installation source option. Make sure all the common ON LINE repositories are listed and then disable the DVD installation source and it will not ask you again. SLED is meant as a corporate desktop. Its intended to be somewhat more restrictive and locked down, and saddles you with Gnome. OpenSuse is far more flexible. -- ----------JSA--------- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 01 June 2008 19:07:38 Rick Bilonick wrote:

Does anyone know if openSUSE rpms can be used in Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED)?

I purchased an HP 2133. I'm debating whether to stay with SLED (it connects at home and at work effortlessly), or move to openSUSE, or install Fedora 9 (I'm much more familiar with Fedora).

If you're seriously considering Fedora, then SLED is definitely not for you. Fedora is a permanently-bleeding-edge-if-it-breaks-just-update distribution where stability is a nice-to-have, not a design goal. SLED competes more with RHEL, not Fedora. It is a distribution designed for business use, with longterm stability in mind. The office desktop is (usually) not a place where you install the latest games and such, it's intended to be a platform for business applications SLED can be used together with openSUSE 10.1 packages, but if you have it for home use, it would probably be useful for you to consider 10.3, or even 11.0 RC Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org

On Sunday 01 June 2008 19:07:38 Rick Bilonick wrote:

The default repositories will work for many things and it's simple to add repositories. Yast2 won't install anything - it always wants a DVD. Are there alternative repositories for SLED?

And to answer your question, there is no official online repository for SLED. If you have a support contract for downloading patches, the latest service pack is available online, but not the base distribution. It is, however, fairly simple to build your own repository from the DVD Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org