{"id":238,"date":"2007-11-19T09:16:58","date_gmt":"2007-11-19T16:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ryanorser.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2007-11-19T09:16:58","modified_gmt":"2007-11-19T16:16:58","slug":"open-suse-linux-102-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ryanorser.com\/index.php\/2007\/11\/19\/open-suse-linux-102-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Open SuSE Linux 10.2 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color #4f81bd; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span>OpenSuSE 10.2 Review:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">I know its\u2019 a little late for this now because 10.3 is out, but I am going to review OpenSuSE Linux 10.2 anyways.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color #4f81bd; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span>Here are the <span>pros<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span>:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Uses Gnome, KDE, or any other Window Manager that you      can select from a list. <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Works on my laptop, though I did need to put in the      commands for the installation, after the installation the boot loader      didn&#8217;t need to have the commands put into the xorg.conf file.\u00a0 <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Installation was 32 minutes long (NEW RECORD for      installation time!) <o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Has the old version of Pidgin (Gaim (An instant      messaging client) which is always good to have)<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Has the 2.6.18.2 kernel.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Has Xorg 7.2.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color #4f81bd; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span>Here are the cons<\/span><\/strong><span>:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">Is now out of date.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">I should upgrade<br \/>\n<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br \/>\n<!--[endif]--><o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"border-style: none none solid; border-color: -moz-use-text-color -moz-use-text-color #4f81bd; border-width: medium medium 1pt; padding: 0in 0in 4pt\">\n<p class=\"MsoTitle\" style=\"text-align: center\" align=\"center\"><strong><span>Things I should find out are:<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">How to install Broadcom wireless driver<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -0.25in; line-height: normal\"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol\"><span>\u00b7<span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">How to install Nvidia Graphics<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\">That is all for now, Mandriva 2008 is coming up next for review,<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'\"><span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Ryan Orser.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OpenSuSE 10.2 Review: I know its\u2019 a little late for this now because 10.3 is out, but I am going to review OpenSuSE Linux 10.2 anyways. Here are the pros: Uses Gnome, KDE, or any other Window Manager that you can select from a list. 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