Re: [SuSE Linux] could you help me, please ?
i have to agree whole heartedly on this. I am from the Win 3.x , 95, 98 NT world and have recently converted to Linux. I bought a copy of redhat and of SuSE. Red Hat disappointed me. Cheesy manual and all. It may be more closer to the leading edge of Linux than SuSE but I have found SuSE to be easier to set up, (I got it "right" the first time too :) ). I am not trying to start some holy war. Redhat may be great but it is not for me. SuSE's manual is chock full of good stuff that you can actually use. The suse mailing list is a great source of information and help. And lastly, the "SuSE community" seems a whole lot nicer. Granted , I am no genius-ass Linux person. Far from it! But I am having a good time getting things working. You will still need to read a lot (and then a lot more too) but it is not as intimidating as I thought. KDE is nice as a desktop enviroment. Some of the window managers I have tried out are pretty neat too. The SuSE Office 99 suite took all my windows document files and converted them nicely (although not automatically, but still no big deal). I got networking going after 2 half days of reading/working on the box. Now I can do the same in under an hour. So it does get easier with practice. I consider myself to have made an informed decision by checking out both distro's. I highly recommend SuSE over RedHat for the "New Guy". TTYL J-L Boers jlboers@usa.net ---dizzy73 <dizzy73@connix.com> wrote:
On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, zentara wrote:
-> ->"Aldo Solari [APS]" wrote: ->> ->> Dear colleagues, ->> ->> I wonder whether you could help me with comments about the
->> issue: Which Linux distribution may be better for Windows 9x ->> migrants, SUSE or RedHat ? We seek the most friendly, intuitive and ->> easy-to-use distribution. Thank you.
definetly SuSE without a doubt. Besides being a *huge* distro (4 G - 5 cds) and a *useful* manual, a wonderfull configuration tool (yast),KDE,
of window managers, all the utilities one needs on cd, along with its developers frequeting this list... AND having the "friendlest
I mean.... its a no brainer really ;-) I'd say its the best $50 you'll ever spend if your interested in a nice Linux rob
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What is the difference between Suite 99 and Aplixware. I plan to continue with the free apps , but I did have the Aplixware demo, and more recnetly, the WP 7.0 demo(installed using xrpm from the RH 5.1 commercial CD). I want the combination of the commercial apps, as well as the likes of Lyx, but I'm not certain what I'm getting. TIA Bob P.S. I agree that SuSE is easier to install( base system and X). J-L Boers wrote:
i have to agree whole heartedly on this. I am from the Win 3.x , 95, 98 NT world and have recently converted to Linux. I bought a copy of redhat and of SuSE. Red Hat disappointed me. Cheesy manual and all. It may be more closer to the leading edge of Linux than SuSE but I have found SuSE to be easier to set up, (I got it "right" the first time too :) ). I am not trying to start some holy war. Redhat may be great but it is not for me. SuSE's manual is chock full of good stuff that you can actually use. The suse mailing list is a great source of information and help. And lastly, the "SuSE community" seems a whole lot nicer.
Granted , I am no genius-ass Linux person. Far from it! But I am having a good time getting things working. You will still need to read a lot (and then a lot more too) but it is not as intimidating as I thought. KDE is nice as a desktop enviroment. Some of the window managers I have tried out are pretty neat too. The SuSE Office 99 suite took all my windows document files and converted them nicely (although not automatically, but still no big deal). I got networking going after 2 half days of reading/working on the box. Now I can do the same in under an hour. So it does get easier with practice.
I consider myself to have made an informed decision by checking out both distro's. I highly recommend SuSE over RedHat for the "New Guy".
TTYL J-L Boers jlboers@usa.net
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On Fri, 15 Jan 1999, zentara wrote:
-> ->"Aldo Solari [APS]" wrote: ->> ->> Dear colleagues, ->> ->> I wonder whether you could help me with comments about the
->> issue: Which Linux distribution may be better for Windows 9x ->> migrants, SUSE or RedHat ? We seek the most friendly, intuitive and ->> easy-to-use distribution. Thank you.
definetly SuSE without a doubt. Besides being a *huge* distro (4 G - 5 cds) and a *useful* manual, a wonderfull configuration tool (yast),KDE,
of window managers, all the utilities one needs on cd, along with its developers frequeting this list... AND having the "friendlest
I mean.... its a no brainer really ;-) I'd say its the best $50 you'll ever spend if your interested in a nice Linux rob
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On 16 Jan, Robert Russell wrote:
What is the difference between Suite 99 and Aplixware.
I plan to continue with the free apps , but I did have the Aplixware demo, and more recnetly, the WP 7.0 demo(installed using xrpm from the RH 5.1 commercial CD).
I want the combination of the commercial apps, as well as the likes of Lyx, but I'm not certain what I'm getting.
TIA
Bob
P.S. I agree that SuSE is easier to install( base system and X).
There is no real difference. The suite 99 includes a lot of other productivity applications bundled together at a special price. The suite you are getting is applix 4.4.1 installable via yast. If you go this route be sure to download some of the fixes. Notably the new file filters and the fix for the domain name bug in the import filters. The fixes are at www.applix.com BTW. -- Michael Perry mperry@basin.com ------------------ - 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>>
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