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Summary: Linux is definitely not what it's cracked up to be
Review: Now that my anger of linux is past, be weary of install. Although the user guide says that partitioning of the system is a breeze, and will try to find a resonable option with current versions of Windows, do not trust it! This is my first attempt at linux (although I have read up on it and gotten to know a bit about it), and SuSE Linux definitely has become the deterrent of switching from Windows to Linux. After all of the supposed hype, it seems more like a psych. My vote is a thumbs down.
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Summary: Linux is definitely not what it's cracked up to be
Review: Now that my anger of linux is past, be weary of install. Although the user guide says that partitioning of the system is a breeze, and will try to find a resonable option with current versions of Windows, do not trust it! This is my first attempt at linux (although I have read up on it and gotten to know a bit about it), and SuSE Linux definitely has become the deterrent of switching from Windows to Linux. After all of the supposed hype, it seems more like a psych. My vote is a thumbs down.
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Summary: When you're not, you're not
Review: Oh My Brothers, after trying to download Fedora for a month or so, decided to grab something off the shelf. Thinking Fedora was eventually a go - spent low bucks on SuSE - personal. Same box, same words as PRO, but cheaper. Decided to load over existing RedHat 6.2 - and guess what? IT COULD NOT DETECT A LOGITECH MOUSE and left me with no option but to REBOOT - until I became bored. Should've boughta couple cases of favorite beer instead. Spend NO bucks on SuSE - buy Slackware (same $$) or download from RedHat (eventually) and figure out the dependencies for thyself - it's more rewarding than throwing good money after SuSE.laze
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Summary: When you're not, you're not
Review: Oh My Brothers, after trying to download Fedora for a month or so, decided to grab something off the shelf. Thinking Fedora was eventually a go - spent low bucks on SuSE - personal. Same box, same words as PRO, but cheaper. Decided to load over existing RedHat 6.2 - and guess what? IT COULD NOT DETECT A LOGITECH MOUSE and left me with no option but to REBOOT - until I became bored. Should've boughta couple cases of favorite beer instead. Spend NO bucks on SuSE - buy Slackware (same $$) or download from RedHat (eventually) and figure out the dependencies for thyself - it's more rewarding than throwing good money after SuSE. laze
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Summary: Windows is dead.. Long live linux
Review: OK. with all the XP problems ( over 45 fixes for last Aug alone. some over 50 megs big...got dialup? :P ) why are you NOT using linux? I bought the Mandrake 9.1 power pack. Great system but can be a bit prissy. Red Hat is no longer supporting the home user after April 2004 so that leaves Suse. Love Mandrake when it doesnt need "tweaking" . I know several power users who use Suse and found the "8" series good but slightly lacking.. however they seem to agree that the "9" series has addressed these shortcomings and are thrilled with it. Mandrake and RH and Suse all make dual boot a breeze. Cant wait to try SuSe 9. For those who wonder... don't. Linux is a far superior and more stable system than Windows EVER was or will be. I have run Mandrake now for a year and hardly ever go over to the windows side. And I havent had to reboot for over 50 days and this review was written from "Mozilla" {Linux version of Netscape}. A new wave is coming. ride it and enjoy! To those who need, I hope this helped but a word of caution... For the slightly more "power" user, buy the pro-pack of whatever version you decide....... the extras really do help. The rating I gave is based on Mandrake 9.1 and Suse 8 both of which I have tried, and use one.
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Summary: Works fine (mostly), but ...
Review: Out of curiosity, I installed Suse 9.0 on my four-year-old computer. The installation went well: My hard drive was partitioned with no loss of Windows 98 data, and the double boot system works well. Suse recognized my cable broadband connection (but not my dial-up modem) and was able to get my printer operating (but not my scanner). I would love to sing the praises of an open-source product, but face it: Windows is easier to operate, is more attractive, and more versatile. Linux has a reputation for stability, but I'm told XP is a great improvement in Windows stability. I will continue to dabble in Suse but have set Windows as my default operating system. Follow-up, four months later: The more I dabbled in Suse, the less I found to like. The KDE desktop is dog-slow, technical support is a joke (and not a very funny one) and the manual is of little help in figuring out such procedures as how to download from the Internet. Eventually, I stopped choosing Suse when I booted up. I have just bought a new computer with XP and have no plans of installing Suse on it.
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Summary: Fair enough, I suppose
Review: Since SuSe 8.0 I have been pretty faithful to the german distro, but this last one irritated me greatly. If you are looking for a good mid-level distro with a fair amount of control and stability and good mid-mix of products that come with it, here you go. It has a little bit of cake no matter what flavor you like to eat. Unfortuneately, being a linux user for some years, it didn't quite stand up to my expectations. For one, a lot of programs I am used to were either slightly out of date or missing. And due to the file structure of SuSe, it takes some long config file changes just to get stuff to install properly. Toss into the mix the fact that a lot of the programs it brags about are only on the profession edition, and you might want to go for the more expensive professional edition or download a free version of another distro instead. It is a good system, but not for me and probably not for others who know what they want unless it just happens to be what SuSe gives them.
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Summary: It's ok, but I liked Red Hat 9.0 better
Review: Suse was incredibly easy to install, but I'd suggest Red Hat 9.0. Yes Red Hat is no longer supporting it's desktop version (9.0 support ends 4/2004), and yes after I heard this, I wanted to try another distribution, but for easy installation and a number of developer applications (Kdeveloper, QT, Apache Server, etc.), Red Hat could not be beaten. Also because RH is one of the most widely used Linux distros out, you can go to almost any major bookstore and find books for all types of users (newbie to advanced). In fact, I will probably upgrade to the Fedora 1.0/RH 10.0 after I learn more about RH 9.0. In addition, of the three distros I tried to install (RH 9.0, Mandrake 9.1, and Suse 9.0), RH installed the way I wanted to the first time, with minimal configuration. With that said, Suse is a fine product with beautiful screens and cool desktop, but I felt like Red Hat gave me more bang for my buck.
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Summary: EASY AS PIE
Review: The best thing about the new SuSE apart from the cool looks of KDE? It installs a double-boot system (with Windows XP in my case) without any hassles. My broadband connection was automatically recognized, OpenOffice was already installed (which now reads Word and Excel files, plus much more,) and email was easily readable in a near-Outlook interface with Evolution. Now that SuSE has been acquired by Novell, I can also be sure that it's not going down the Slackware way, or going belly up anytime in the near future. If you are in the market for Linux, this is as good as it gets!
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Summary: Well...
Review: This is very difficult to install, and needless to say the monitor settings are very hard to get worked out right. Plus, you have to configure some items by the command line, eeek! Overall, I was not very happy with the product, I would recommend Windows XP Home edition, it worked perfectly!
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