Andy Ford wrote:
"Rev. Micael Derek Barnett" wrote:
of the kernal. I have the cover CD of PC Plus which featured a 'cut down' version of 5.3. Should I :- a) install 5.3 from this single cut down CD and then buy an upgrade version of SuSe 6.0? b) buy and install a complete (ie 5 CD) version of 5.3 and then upgrade as in (a)? c) wait until 6.0 becomes available and buy the full (ie non-upgrade) version at the end of Jan? It would be particularly galling for me to have to take (c) as the safest 'sensible' option, as I want to start using my beautiful new machine a.s.a.p... :-)
Many thanks
Kester Clegg
heck, just throw that cd you've got on now, and buy the 5 cd set when 6.0 comes out...
if nothing else, it'll give youa feel for the os. if you've got a good, fast net connection, you might try ftping everything, but i think that the suse distribution is very reasonably priced...chances are, you'll end up installing more than once, anyway....may as well get used to it. ;) the book is well worth the money too, in my opinion.
-derek
I must respectfully take issue with the "installing more than once" statement. One of the most powerful aspects of Linux is the fact that things CAN be fixed. If the fix takes longer than a reinstall, well you've actually learned something and that knoweledge can be redistributed to help others. My advice, after 10 years experience with Unix, is to leave the reinstall and reboot philosophy in the trashheap with your Microsoft CDs whence they arose.
Love that one!!! Unfortunately, that is the often the only fix with that "configure everything at boot and don't document anything" OS. Seriously, the "install more than once" is not a bad idea. I had a problem with RedHat, so I tried different distributions. Fortunately, I had all my data on a separate partition, and since they were all Linux, all my settings stayed the same from distro to distro. This exemplifies the power of Linux. Also, my philosophy is you learn best when you know how it is supposed to work, then it breaks, rather than suffering the frustration of having to read hundreds of pages of stuff you don't yet understand trying to get it to work right the first time. Get used to the OS, and when you break something, at least you know that it did work right at one time, and it can be made to work right again. As a newbie, I needed it to work so I could tinker. I wouldn't dare think to rebuild an engine from a pile of parts in a box, but it I take it apart, I can put it back together. George - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e Check out the SuSE-FAQ at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A">http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/</A</A>> and the archiv at <A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html"><A HREF="http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A">http://www.suse.com/Mailinglists/suse-linux-e/index.html</A</A>>