Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Reinhard Gimbel <opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello community !

kevin.kempter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I'm thinking about moving from Fedora to Suse. I have a few questions before I 
> try it out..
>
> - How hard/easy is it to setup the ipw2200 package for Suse to use with my 
> centrino laptop?

Works right out of the box with my centrino/ipw2200 notebook

> - Once installed how do I control the wireless interface?

What exactly do you want to control ? Managing access to various WLAN on 
locations ? Here "kwifimanager" and "netgo" seems to be good choices ...

> - I have a new Treo 650,  my Treo 600 would sync with Fedora/Kpilot but not so 
> with the 650. Is it known to work with Suse?

Sorry no idea / experiences

> - What version of KDE is shipping/packaged with Suse v10 ?

3.4.2

> - What is the defaulyt filesystem type for Suse, can I choose Reiser via the 
> install?

reiserfs is the default

> - Will redhat RPM's work on a Suse install ?

SuSE uses RPM format but I'm not sure if original redhat RPMs will work ...

Most packages I was looking for had been available as SuSE RPMs. 
Therefore there was no need to test redhat RPMs.

> - Where do In find additional sources for updates (Like adding repo's for yum) 
> and how do I configure them ?

http://www.opensuse.org/Additional_YaST_Package_Repositories
http://www.opensuse.org/Package_Repositories

More had been discussed in this mailing list. Google will help you.

> - What's the best sources of help. (I found that the Fedora mailing list was 
> hands-down the best support for Fedora) ?

Similar with SuSE. Mailing lists (there are several available on 
lists.suse.com) and NGs news:alt.linux.suse and news:alt.os.linux.suse 
are the best information sources

> - How stable is Suse v10 and why would I choose the commercial version vs. the 
> open source project?

With the boxed version you will have less work for some of the 
copyrighted multimedia applications/codes. At the final end you will get 
all working regardless if you are using the boxed version or 
downloadable version.
--
Never give up !

Best regards,
Reinhard.