To tell you the truth, I was sitting on my SuSE 8 for a while now, afraid to try to install it on my Dual Athlon machine. Today I decided to take the plunge. I still cannot believe how smooth the installation (new installation, not an update) was. It recognized all my SCSI and IDE drives. Allowed me to create the regular and LVM partitions, recognized my Ethernet cards, Geforce 3 video and my Xerox printer. Everything was set up correctly and I was up and running in no time. Unbelievable. I am yet to see a Windows installation going so smoothly. Avi -- Avi Schwartz avi@CFFtechnologies.com
Me too, I find SuSE 8 a complete winner. It didn't quite work for me until kde 3.0.1, but now it's cruising along nicely. And a wonderfully easy install. Best Fergus On Friday 28 June 2002 05:11, you wrote:
To tell you the truth, I was sitting on my SuSE 8 for a while now, afraid to try to install it on my Dual Athlon machine. Today I decided to take the plunge.
I still cannot believe how smooth the installation (new installation, not an update) was. It recognized all my SCSI and IDE drives. Allowed me to create the regular and LVM partitions, recognized my Ethernet cards, Geforce 3 video and my Xerox printer. Everything was set up correctly and I was up and running in no time. Unbelievable.
I am yet to see a Windows installation going so smoothly.
Avi
I don't think we really can compare the installation of Linux with Windows. For very few machines, Linux may install without any hassles, but for most of them, you get at least some sorta gothcas. I guess Windows XP will beat any Linux machine as far as Hardware compatiblity is concerned. Suse 8.0 did not setup my Philips PCVC690K USB webcam automatically. Although it is supported by Linux. Had to mess with it manually to get it to work. Still I get problems like usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout---although it works. My USB UMAX Astra 3400 scanner is will not work with Linux. My Canon MC-45 DV camcorder cannot be connected to SuSE for still picture downloads. My nVidia Gefore2 MX card works but when I go to Yast2 to "TEST" the configuration, my screen goes blank and won't return until I hit Esc. One thing that Linux beat Windows ME is that it automatically recognized and configured my Firewire card! WinME won't recognize it at all. Despite all that I still would vote in favor of SuSE (or any other Linux) when it comes to the choice for OS! Salman
I am yet to see a Windows installation going so smoothly.
Avi
Salman Khilji wrote:
I don't think we really can compare the installation of Linux with Windows. For very few machines, Linux may install without any hassles, but for most of
maybe so but for me it has gone very well except for one PC with a winmodem that hung the install. With other PCs that I have tried it on, it was incredibly easy and trouble free. I was amazed at the ease of configuring the firewall and printer setup.
I guess Windows XP will beat any Linux machine as far as Hardware compatiblity
Perhaps but then my HP315 digital camera doesn't work with XP because of some sort of incompatibility that prevents recognition of the memory but the camera was automatically recognized in SuSE 8.0 and worked with no trouble
My USB UMAX Astra 3400 scanner is will not work with Linux.
Haven't tried that yet The only thing I really have trouble with is my Sound Blaster AWE 64 Gold. SuSE 8.0 had no trouble recognizing another Sound Blaster 16 ISA card but the Gold is not recognized and doesn't work. Overall, I would still say the same as the original poster: SuSE 8.0 is great! Damon Register
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