[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
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 10:01 AM, Parshwa Murdia
Hi,
I am ***ABSOLUTELY NEW*** in the world of linux and IT.
Parshwa, The first thing you need to do is find a end-user support mailinglist/forum as opposed to a developers mailinglist. A lot of new users (newbies) find the forums a good place to start. http://forums.opensuse.org/ Good luck -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Le 20/01/2011 16:01, Parshwa Murdia a écrit :
Hi,
I am ***ABSOLUTELY NEW*** in the world of linux and IT.
Hello :-) Discovering the world of IT is a challenge, but with a little luck, you may not be alone :-) First, here it's a developper mailing list, where are discussed how the programms are built, absolutely not for beginners :-(. You can use the forum (as said by Greg) or the "opensuse" mailing list (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Mailing_lists). But far the best way is to find a friend near your home. You can try goggle with your town name and opensuse or linux, look to see if there is an ambassador near your home (http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Ambassadors#Communicate) When you write next on forum or mailing list, begin to explain where you live, may be there is somebody in the vicinity :-)) good luck jdd Nota: from your mail I see you already tested ubuntu, a fellowship linux distribution. openSUSE is quite different in aspect from ubuntu, but fondamentally the same. -- http://www.dodin.net http://pizzanetti.fr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
On 01/20/2011 09:01 AM, Parshwa Murdia wrote:
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.
Welcome to Linux. As you become more familiar with computing, you will come to realize the satisfaction of not having the problems with viruses, trojans, and other malware that your friends with Windows must deal with every day. In addition, you will not have to reboot your machine regularly. I have two openSUSE systems that get rebooted only when I shut them down before a vacation. Each of the distos have their own features, strengths, and weaknesses. All of them share a common kernel and have essentially the same desktops. You may not know this yet, but Linux has a number of desktops ranging from very lightweight options to the full-featured KDE and Gnome. Which one you choose depends on your hardware and your personal preference. The update cycles and the length of support will vary, but the underlying security is essentially the same. The set of tasks that you wish to accomplish can be done by many of the distros using open-source software. The only question would be with the editing of movies and music. Some of the codecs used may be proprietary, which would make implementation more difficult. Otherwise, what you do is exactly what I do using only free software. The only pieces of software on my system that I purchased are a copy of Windows XP that I run inside a virtual machine to run the tax program needed for my income taxes in the US. Although I have answered your mail, this list is not the proper place for discussions such as this. You will be better served by pointing your browser to http://forums.opensuse.org/, create an account (free), and read the introductory material there. You can then ask further questions. The other distros have similar forums. Note that most of the distros have "Live" CDs that can be booted on any computer and tested without changing the hard drive. That is a very good way to learn what you prefer. Larry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Torsdag den 20. januar 2011 16:01:04 skrev Parshwa Murdia:
I am highly confused as to with what start with and know the basic things.
Check out http://opensuse-guide.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
Le 20/01/2011 17:47, Martin Schlander a écrit :
Torsdag den 20. januar 2011 16:01:04 skrev Parshwa Murdia:
I am highly confused as to with what start with and know the basic things.
Check out http://opensuse-guide.org very cool. There are now so many openSUSErelated URL, it's a bit confusing :-). Any central? (on the wiki or elsewhere)
thanks jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://pizzanetti.fr -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org
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