John Andersen wrote:
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Jerry Feldman
wrote: I've been a happy SuSE user for a number of years now (since 5.0) as well as Linux since about 1993 (Yggdrasil). However, I just purchased a new workstation with CentOS5 preinstalled and I've decided to move to Centos for the time being. I do like SuSE, and will continue to support it at the BLU installfests, and I may remain on this list if I have the time. As I had previously mentioned, I put Ubuntu on my laptop because of a work requirement. One of my plans is to create a SuSE VM under my Centos/Xen system.
Still on Opensuse. But wanted to report:
Yesterday and new Dell XPS laptop arrived here with Ubuntu installed.
Everything worked out of the box. Everything. No dicking around with repositories, no fighting video drivers, no manually loading WIFI drivers, music played perfectly, DVDs played perfectly, if found my local windows network, found my HpPrinter/scanner/fax and printed scanned and faxed perfectly thru it. The DVD burner software worked. The automatic update software found, reported, and installed updates. Everything, even non-core features worked. *cough*.
Even the Fingerprint reader worked.
There was at least 30 hours of work that would have been beyond the capability of the machines owner (wife) that was completely avoided by ordering Linux pre-installed. Too bad it couldn't have been Opensuse, but Ubuntu will do for her needs.
Yep.....I'm running into the same thing, John! People want new systems and they CAN get them preloaded from Dell....just not with openSUSE. To make that new Dell "better," just install KDE 3.5.9 from the package manager, then any apps. she may need, choose KDE as the default gui and you're all set. Fred -- Linux is an old Latin word meaning, "I don't have to support your Windows anymore." -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org