Since doing my first reviews of openSUSE 11.4 I have become a big fan. Not only is it one of the most stable and reliable distributions to date, it also offers KDE 4.6, LibreOffice, and a whole slew of other features that should appeal to most Linux users. And openSUSE can be used by nearly [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Security, Software

I have to admit, over the years I haven’t given openSUSE enough love or credit for being the outstanding Linux distribution is it. With that said, I wanted to give some attention to the latest release coming out of the openSUSE project. And, since the default desktop for openSUSE 11.4 is KDE, I will be [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source

I have said it over and over again, Linux installations needs a Welcome Screen. This would be a huge help for new users who often are not sure where to turn for help, or what Linux is all about. Well, OpenSuSE has one of the closest things to a Welcome Screen that you will find [...]

Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

So far in our OpenSuSE series we have covered OpenSuSE (see “Why not try OpenSuSE“), YaST (see “YaST: Yet Another Setup Tool“), and Installing software (see “Installing software in OpenSuSE with YaST“). This time around we are going to take a look at how to install software in OpenSuSE using the command line. I realize [...]

Categories: Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Tutorials Basic

Let’s continue our hayride with OpenSuSE. The last time we visited this operating system we took a look at the stellar YaST tool (see my article “YaST: Yet Another Setup Tool“). From within that tool you could easily access the YaST Software Installation tool for OpenSuSE. This tool is about as user-friendly as any of [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Continuing with our look into OpenSuSE, we examine YaST. One of the best things going for OpenSuSE (and SuSE as well) is their take on the tried and true “control panal” YaST. YaST is, quite literally, a one-stop-shop for configuring Linux. Among the cornucopia of Linux configuration tools, YaST might very well be the top of the [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tools

I spend much of my time here on Ghacks using and talking about Ubuntu. So much so one would think it’s the only game in town. Well, it’s not and I am going to spend a bit of time focusing on different distributions. The first distribution I am going to focus on is OpenSuSE. OpenSuSE [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems

Lately it has been a veritable onslaught of distribution releases: Ubuntu 9.10, Fedora 12, Mandriva (article coming soon) , Debian 5 (article coming soon), and many more. With all of these releases it’s been a real treat to kick the tires and see just how the various distributions put their spin on Linux. Another distribution [...]

Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Software, Tutorials Basic

For most lovers of music on the go, the default seems to be the combination of iTunes and iP* (where * is either hone or od). This is great for Apple and Windows users. But where do Linux users get their new music? Oh sure you can purchase the CD, rip it, and copy it [...]

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