On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 12:28, Shlomo Yona wrote: > On Sun, 21 Sep 2003, Uri Sharf wrote: > > > AFAIK SuSE is defiantly the easiest and most mature of the desktop > > variants. It's only available for purchase, or a some what technical > > online install from SuSE's site. > > > > I would go for this option, if only because the very extensive > > supplementary documentation that comes with it (3 books in 8.0) and the > > all 7 discs or so also come on a single DVD. > > > > See here for and FTP Install Guide in Hebrew: > > http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=75 > > What does this supplementary documentation include? >
What I have is a Reference which covers all the technical issues network, audio, printing etc. and also a separate Linux Basics (Desktops, Shell and YaST ) and Applications Guide (StarOffice, Gimp, Acrobat etc.) > > Debian is not too difficult to install if you don't mind the > > non-graphical approach. Bonzai is a good choice which requires some > > understanding of your system and a rather spartan approach to the whole > > process, but it does the job. Debian is very easy to maintain as far as > > getting updated software is concerned, but could be difficult if you are > > not technical. > > In certain areas I'm technically capable while in other areas (and setup and > installation of Linux software is one of them) I am pretty technically > impared. > > > Thanks for the overview of possibilities. > I am not sure where each stands regarding ease of installation on the side of > the preloaded windows XP with its factory-settings hidden partition.... > New versions of SuSE come with Disk Partitioning tools AFAIK, so that should help you get Windows out of the way cleanly. It might be a separate purchase, not sure. BTW Mandrake has a free solution for repartitioning so even if you don't want to install it it might be useful if you don't already have PartitionMagic and such. > > Does Suse use URPMI? > It uses RPM packages which can be managed out-of-the-box with the all-encompassing YaST, or alternatively apt4rpm. URPMI is Mandrake specific and it falls short of the more advanced apt4rpm, though in Mandrake it is nicely integrated into the system. See more information on available package repositories for SuSE and others, here: http://whatsup.org.il/modules.php?name=Reviews&rop=showcontent&id=80 ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
