On 05/30/2019 08:17 PM, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Hope this is the right place to ask questions! I've come to OpenSuse Thunderbird after losing my PCLOS computer to some kind of glitch, and I don't like the latest version
Just note openSuSE and Thunderbird are not related. Thunderbird, the mail app from Mozilla, will run on any Linux distro, windoze and OSX (and others)
that PCLOS is putting out now--a lot of apps that I have used on a regular basis are gone, along with a lot of libs that I would need to get the apps back, but the libs are
not available. I wanted to stay with an rpm system to have at least something familiar, but I'm running into some real questions that I can't answer.
You have made a good choice, and all the libraries are available. In fact I would be truly surprised in PCLOS provided libraries that openSuSE doesn't.
1: Where is the equivalent of the Synaptic Package Manager? There must be a list of everything available on the repo, and from which any one or more can be downloaded
and installed. I want to put an icon on the desktop that will lead me to that, whatever it is called in this OS.
With openSuSE, you have YaST (Yet another SetUp Tool) that is your main configuration tool. Within it, you have "Software Management" that allows you to install/uninstall/update the rpms installed on your computer. You also have 'zypper' that is a command line interface for just about everything repository or install/uninstall/update of rpms. Then you have rpm itself, which is capable of doing the same (zypper is just a nice front-end that makes using rpm a bit easier)
2. Why can't I install any printers? I have provided my password TWICE, but then it comes up forbidden? If I open CUPS and provide a password, will I have to install
a long string of instructions to install a printer? If so, where should the printer info (ppd from the manufacturer) be stored? (I have the instructions to install printers in PCLOS---
In YaST under "Hardware" you have the "Printer" configuration application that can let you add/manage printers system-wide -- BUT, most desktop, through CUPS, provide printer recognition and configuration. If you have installed CUPS (which should be installed automatically) most printers should be plug-and-play (even network or smb printers)
in a typed-in instruction, and are they going to work? I will change the source file for the ppd as required here.)
openSuSE offers a number of different ppd collections (postscript or PCL) in the OpenPrintingPPD package or the manufacturers-ppd package (and many more like foomatic in the printing repository)
I'm sure that there will be other things that come up. I hope this is the right place to ask them, and I thank any and all who come to my rescue!
openSuSE would be a great move from PCLOS. All Linux distros are Linux under the hood, the only difference being the tools you use to interface with the actual config files, and the init system used, either init or systemd, etc.. In other words, there isn't that much difference in "what is Linux" between any of the distros, so moving one to the other is just a matter of learning the different tools used (and if you take the time to learn how to set things up by hand, without a YaST or Synaptic Package Manager, etc.. then moving from distro to distro is just a matter of installing the next one... This list is here to help. So put in the install DVD or NET-Install cd (or usb stick) and install openSuSE. Only not is by default openSuSE will use btrfs as the default filesystem. If you are in any way limited on storage space, or if you want a more traditional install, you can choose ext4 as the filesystem type when you get to the partitioner part of the install routine. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org