-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 25/10/13 12:40, AP wrote:
Hello,
I need you suggestions personally.
I have installed openSUSE like I just have chosen Fedora for installation, without any knowledge. Since I just picked randomly, it came "openSUSE". That's all I know. Context is that I want to know the basics of Linux. I am actually in a job which requires me to just wander in the markets, which in fact has no connection with Linux at all!! Linux is just the desired hobby recently generated in my mind and that's why I came here. Yes I joined openSUSE mailing list because I installed this distribution. But I also had joined Ubuntu mailing list to just see what people talk. I found openSUSE lists more technical, at least a bit more (or even more..., from all aspects). Now, coming to the main point, I use system for basically entertainment -- watching movies, emailing, web surfing, etc..etc... are the primary tasks I would definitely do. As a user, I would always prefer to have security as the primary concern --- even though I know I don't know a bit of it but I have to use internet banking in my system! As said earlier, I hope the distribution (which you would suggest) would provide me the ways too ---- for learning Linux and know how things work, how stuff actually work.
I would try to make some times, AT LEAST on weekly basis. I agree that Linux must not be doing the things like Windows did/doing...but still I am to switch!! I don't want to be spoon-fed and that's have planned to use Linux in every-day life, which is a big decision for a windows-convertor.
I just hear that most of the hits goes to "Ubuntu" as I read at some source.....! I don't know the reason.....!
Now, you being knowing all the things, please tell me about the real differences between Ubuntu and openSUSE or any other distribution (like Fedora or Edubuntu or PCLinuxOS or whatever..., like Mint, etc...etc..) --- not because I actually installed openSUSE or because joined its mailing lists, but from the perspective of truth, truth in the sense, what actually the reality is and which stand at first and really should be tried our and which should be avoided at the beginners level. I hope that it won't matter for me whether I should use a .deb distro or a .rpm distro, but one should be better than other, I believe (I came to know that Linux distros are mostly either .deb or .rpm).
Said that, I know it depends from person to person, but experts' experience definitely play a vital role in the decisions of the young ones! That's all. My computer details:
HDD: 250 GB RAM: 2 GB
No other graphics card is there, only one printer (Samsung) and speakers (local brand) are there!!
Thanks.
Hello, AP, Sorry, I do not give personal tuition, not least because I am *not* "knowing all the things". Please continue to seek advice from the opensuse mailing list, where the appropriate expertise is. Please stop mailing me personally. Thank you. Bob - -- Bob Williams System: Linux 3.7.10-1.16-desktop Distro: openSUSE 12.3 (x86_64) with KDE Development Platform: 4.11.2 Uptime: 12:00pm up 22:48, 3 users, load average: 1.12, 0.69, 0.43 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlJqe/IACgkQ0Sr7eZJrmU5lyACfQWVsPYrr5Mzbx7a0b8HqbWm2 qVEAoKnJzogMTVB824o46VsBQmMpTi6T =57OZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org