1. In the newbie installation (Install from the scratch) --it didn't install PPP (not to mention suseppp)--- l8r I had to manually install it. When I reinstalled the whole Linux again, I browsed and found that PPP was not selected either. Ok, they may leave that as an optional thing because some people may not connect via modem. Well, during configuration, YaST does ask if you want to configure modem---then was SLIP installed by default? I guess newbie shouldn't have to encounter that since most of the linux users uses PPP now days.
just choose what you need in the networking section. i think alot of people in europe use isdn, which is why it's setup as the default. but it's easily changed in yast during the initial install, or later. it's really worth the half hour or so it takes to go in and pick and choose what you want on your system during the installation, i think. and it's much less confusing after you've installed it once or twice. :) don't forget to check the doc section of the installation. there are some books you can add, and some german faq's/howtos you probably won't need. :)
2. After the installation is complete, system boots up and I get login prompt. No GUI cause my X server wasn't configured??? When they have cool stuff like SaX, why this wasn't a automatic thing?? They could implement XF86Setup ( which would give the autoprobe option)
again, yast does the trick here. after all your packages are installed, just go down the main menu option. then choose system admin, and from there you can setup how you want to log in. ascii is the default, but you can choose graphical as well, and then you have the choice between xdm, or kdm. kdm is the one you want (for your question below.) kdm will allow you to choose which wm you want to run, and allows you to shutdown from the login menu as well (providing you've got the permissions set to allow that.) kdm is really handy.
3. I wish they'd implement a prompt (gui would be nice) which would ask ---Do you want KDE, FVWM, and so on on boot (so newbie wont have to type it manually
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