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Boyd Lynn Gerber

9 Feb 2006 9 Feb '06

04:05

Hello, I directed a friend to get the OpenSUSE and this is what he found. I told him to go to http://www.opensuse.org. I am not sure what he clicked on but it took him to http://en.opensuse.org/Download Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, it may take several hours to download SUSE Linux. If you prefer to avoid a lengthy download process, you may purchase a copy of SUSE Linux 10.0 with printed manuals and free installation support at a retail shop, a web store, or directly from Novell. You can find more information on our retail edition on SUSE Linux products page with this link below. http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux When you click on it, it takes you to... http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/ Which is all in German. He says why would I want to go to a german site to get more information from a English site. Thanks, -- Boyd Gerber ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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Chuck Payne

9 Feb 9 Feb

04:20

New subject: [opensuse] English link problem... Goes to german site.

On 2/8/06, Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:

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Hello,

I directed a friend to get the OpenSUSE and this is what he found.

I told him to go to http://www.opensuse.org. I am not sure what he clicked on but it took him to

http://en.opensuse.org/Download

Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, it may take several hours to download SUSE Linux. If you prefer to avoid a lengthy download process, you may purchase a copy of SUSE Linux 10.0 with printed manuals and free installation support at a retail shop, a web store, or directly from Novell. You can find more information on our retail edition on SUSE Linux products page with this link below.

http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux

When you click on it, it takes you to...

http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/

Which is all in German. He says why would I want to go to a german site to get more information from a English site.

Thanks,

-- Boyd Gerber ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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Does your friend know that the de means german? And beside SuSE before Novell was from Germany. Payne -- Do you know why we fall Master Wayne...so we can learn to get up. Alfred - Batman Begins

Johannes Kastl

09:15

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On 02/09/2006 05:20 AM Chuck Payne wrote: [snipped Fullquote]

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Does your friend know that the de means german? And beside SuSE before Novell was from Germany.

Doesnt matter, as he doesnt understand german, I guess. I, too think that is something with his browser languages. But again, that dosnt help him.

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Christian Boltz

11:51

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Hello, Am Donnerstag, 9. Februar 2006 10:15 schrieb Johannes Kastl:

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On 02/09/2006 05:20 AM Chuck Payne wrote:

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Does your friend know that the de means german? And beside SuSE before Novell was from Germany.

Doesnt matter, as he doesnt understand german, I guess. I, too think that is something with his browser languages. But again, that dosnt help him.

Maybe it can help him - he should check his browser settings for the "preferred languages" setting. The Novell page autoselects the language based on the Accept-Language header sent by the browser - if it contains "de", you will see the german version. (BTW: you can change the language by clicking in the page header - the displayed country and language are a link. If you do so, your preferred language will be stored in a cookie.) The opensuse.org page doesn't automatically switch the language - but it would be an enhancement if _www_.opensuse.org would redirect to the localized wiki. (Of course, $lang.opensuse.org should not redirect to another language.) Regards, Christian Boltz -- A mouse is a device used to focus xterms.

houghi

04:36

New subject: [opensuse] English link problem... Goes to german site.

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:05:36PM -0700, Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:

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Hello,

I directed a friend to get the OpenSUSE and this is what he found.

I told him to go to http://www.opensuse.org. I am not sure what he clicked on but it took him to

http://en.opensuse.org/Download

Perhaps asking him what he clicked might be a wise thing. Most likely he typed in www.opensuse.org in his broser, wich takes him to http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org When you click "Download" you get to the http://en.opensuse.org/Download page.

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Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, it may take several hours to download SUSE Linux. If you prefer to avoid a lengthy download process, you may purchase a copy of SUSE Linux 10.0 with printed manuals and free installation support at a retail shop, a web store, or directly from Novell. You can find more information on our retail edition on SUSE Linux products page with this link below.

http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux

Now this is something else. That is not openSUSE anymore. It is Novell.

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When you click on it, it takes you to...

http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/

With me it does not.

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Which is all in German. He says why would I want to go to a german site to get more information from a English site.

Most likely he has his settings to German. The site is a bit anoying. If I go to http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/ I get redirected to http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux At the top you see left to the search at the top the country and language. Click that to change your preferences. Wether or not it works, I do not know. If it does not work, please complain at the Novell webmaster. When asked politely, they correct things pretty fast. houghi -- If money can't buy happiness, I guess you'll just have to rent it.

Peter Flodin

04:51

New subject: [opensuse] English link problem... Goes to german site.

On 2/9/06, houghi wrote:

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On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:05:36PM -0700, Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:

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http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux When you click on it, it takes you to...

http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/

With me it does not.

Exactly, Novell's site serves the page in the language that your browser asks for. It then sets a cookie and uses that, if your browser allows it. In other words, nothing wrong with the openSUSE page, Peter 'Pflodo' Flodin.

Boyd Lynn Gerber

05:28

New subject: [opensuse] English link problem... Goes to german site.

On Thu, 9 Feb 2006, houghi wrote:

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I directed a friend to get the OpenSUSE and this is what he found.

I told him to go to http://www.opensuse.org. I am not sure what he clicked on but it took him to

http://en.opensuse.org/Download Perhaps asking him what he clicked might be a wise thing. Most likely he typed in www.opensuse.org in his broser, wich takes him to http://en.opensuse.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE.org When you click "Download" you get to the http://en.opensuse.org/Download

On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 09:05:36PM -0700, Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote: page.

That is exactly what he did. He typed www.opensuse.org and it took him to http://en.opensuse.org/Welcom_to_openSUSE.org/

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Now this is something else. That is not openSUSE anymore. It is Novell.

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When you click on it, it takes you to...

http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/

With me it does not.

I guess I have the same problem, I also tried it and I get the Novell page with United States-Deutsch. It also has edit buttons, which my friend told me he does not have. I can not seem to figure out how I have english most of the way but then I seem to be in a German forum. I do sometimes look at and read the German site. I did not think that would change things to be in combination of both languages. I prefer English but I do like to read some things in German.

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Most likely he has his settings to German. The site is a bit anoying. If I go to http://www.novell.com/de-de/products/suselinux/ I get redirected to http://www.novell.com/products/suselinux

At the top you see left to the search at the top the country and language. Click that to change your preferences. Wether or not it works, I do not know. If it does not work, please complain at the Novell webmaster. When asked politely, they correct things pretty fast.

That does work. I just do not understand how United States-Deutch was selected. When I want to read in German I select Germany and it defaults to Deutch. Which is what I expect. Maybe it has something to do with cookies on my machine. But he has no idea how he got United States-Deutch. I did not know you could change things up there. Thanks for teaching me how to get him working. Thanks much. -- Boyd Gerber ZENEZ 1042 East Fort Union #135, Midvale Utah 84047

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Boyd Lynn Gerber
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Johannes Kastl
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