Hi, I have beend using debian/freebsd/gentoo for the last few years, but: I am waiting for a new laptop (to come in a few days) which is SuSe certified - so I would like to give it (I mean - SuSe) a chance. As never had to pay for any of mensioned distros - this bad habit made me just download SuSe personal free iso. I do not know SuSe world: so here come the questions: 1. Is it fully functional OS (even when not purchased) ? 2. Will I be able to install development tools (command line ones - i do not need kdevelop) using this famous YaST ? 3. How does the situation with packages available look like (I mean could the amount of them be comared to gentoo 'portege' or freebsd 'ports' collections ?) ? Best Regards, ...looking forward to be converted to SuSe :) Tomek
Hi,
I have beend using debian/freebsd/gentoo for the last few years, but: I am waiting for a new laptop (to come in a few days) which is SuSe certified - so I would like to give it (I mean - SuSe) a chance. As never had to pay for any of mensioned distros - this bad habit made me just download SuSe personal free iso. I do not know SuSe world: so here come the questions: 1. Is it fully functional OS (even when not purchased) ? 2. Will I be able to install development tools (command line ones - i do not need kdevelop) using this famous YaST ? 3. How does the situation with packages available look like (I mean could the amount of them be comared to gentoo 'portege' or freebsd 'ports' collections ?) ?
The Personal Edition is lot "slimmer" than the Professional, but certainly fully functional. As a former debian user, you'll certainly be familiar with apt, so take a look at http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/ Lots more software available, including all the development tools you'll want. Enjoy! David
2. Will I be able to install development tools (command line ones - i do not need kdevelop) using this famous YaST ? 3. How does the situation with packages available look like (I mean could the amount of them be comared to gentoo 'portege' or freebsd 'ports' collections ?) ?
The Personal Edition is lot "slimmer" than the Professional, but certainly fully functional. As a former debian user, you'll certainly be familiar with apt, so take a look at http://linux01.gwdg.de/apt4rpm/
Lots more software available, including all the development tools you'll want.
From what I've read, all you'd need to do is point an Install Source to the FTP site the "Pro" rpms are located on, and you should have access to the rest of the goodies.
Tomasz Koziara wrote:
Hi,
I have beend using debian/freebsd/gentoo for the last few years, but: I am waiting for a new laptop (to come in a few days) which is SuSe certified - so I would like to give it (I mean - SuSe) a chance. As never had to pay for any of mensioned distros - this bad habit made me just download SuSe personal free iso. I do not know SuSe world: so here come the questions: 1. Is it fully functional OS (even when not purchased) ? 2. Will I be able to install development tools (command line ones - i do not need kdevelop) using this famous YaST ?
The ISO you can download is the Personal or "Lite" version. It's missing a lot of things, including development tools. You can do an ftp install of the Professional version. You can also copy the disks from someone else.
3. How does the situation with packages available look like (I mean could the amount of them be comared to gentoo 'portege' or freebsd 'ports' collections ?) ?
There are lots of apps included, but I have no idea how it compares. However, if it's not including from SuSE, it's generally available from elsewhere. SuSE uses RPMs, but you can still install from tarballs etc.
Tomasz Koziara wrote:
Hi,
I have beend using debian/freebsd/gentoo for the last few years, but: I am waiting for a new laptop (to come in a few days) which is SuSe certified - so I would like to give it (I mean - SuSe) a chance. As never had to pay for any of mensioned distros - this bad habit made me just download SuSe personal free iso. I do not know SuSe world: so here come the questions: 1. Is it fully functional OS (even when not purchased) ? 2. Will I be able to install development tools (command line ones - i do not need kdevelop) using this famous YaST ? 3. How does the situation with packages available look like (I mean could the amount of them be comared to gentoo 'portege' or freebsd 'ports' collections ?) ?
Best Regards, ...looking forward to be converted to SuSe :) Tomek
1. Download the boot.iso from the SuSE ftp site and burn a CD, then you can do a ftp install of the Pro version, especially if you have a fast link. 2. The development stuff is available for ftp also. 3. The packages are RPM, but as someone else has pointed out, apt4rpm and you are very close to Debian. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce .... Hamradio G3VBV and keen Flyer =====LINUX ONLY USED HERE=====
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