OSNews: http://www.osnews.com/story/19200/OpenSuSE_11_0_Installer_Gets_a_Face-Lift Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2009, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:41 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif OSNews.com http://www.osnews.com Looks good.. http://osnews.com/thread?297336 http://osnews.com/thread?297336 ...but I vaguely remember the map selector on another distro's installation routine. I've been through a few over the years so I couldn't tell you which...but it was the same thing. A no-brainer feature really... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:26:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (wakeupneo) Comments RE: Looks good.. http://osnews.com/thread?297339 http://osnews.com/thread?297339 Anyone know if the timezone selector is based on Marble? Wed, 23 Jan 2008 08:43:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (butters) Comments Take a leafe http://osnews.com/thread?297342 http://osnews.com/thread?297342 It's good to see another linux distro producer trying to polish linux a bit. I know it's all useless eye candy at the end of the day, but it certainly pulls people in. It's about time the Ubuntu folks woke up and realized you can polish a turd for ever, but it will always be a turd!

And before the buntu fan boys mod me down, I use Ubuntu everywhere because apt is my friend, but that spew brown and beige is a bit over the top again and again ;) A few peas and carrots thrown in would do wonders!

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=665874 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:22:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (RawMustard) Comments RE: Looks good.. http://osnews.com/thread?297345 http://osnews.com/thread?297345 Might have been Fedora.
Phoronix even mentions Anaconda, btw.Edited 2008-01-23 09:37 UTC Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:35:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (h3rman) Comments About time http://osnews.com/thread?297353 http://osnews.com/thread?297353 The installer got a face lift, SuSE's is long and boring, one of the worse I've tried. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:03:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (SlackerJack) Comments Suse rOcKs! http://osnews.com/thread?297357 http://osnews.com/thread?297357 I must say I was truly surprised by SuSE. Installed it on my quazi-server and it works wonderfully. Tried it a while ago but was not that impressed as i encountered too many problems. Small, true, but nevertheless anoying. 10.3 seems like a rock solid distro. This is why:
- I am using KDE desktop. Not one crash since I installed the system.
- Easy updates (one-click-installation) work great!
- Wonderful networking configuration tools included in YaST.
- Regular updates
- Wonderful community (en par with Puppy and Ubuntu)
- And it seems to solve a big problem I encountered on Ubuntu and Fedora with my external USB Soundblaster (some strange behavior when it would go into some kind of loop using processor at 100% and not stopping until restart).
I am really looking forward to 11.0. I hope they will solve an inconvenience involving YaST though. It is a bit slow when updating, compared to ubuntu or fedora. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:08:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Odisej) Comments GUIs killed the command line star http://osnews.com/thread?297358 http://osnews.com/thread?297358 I say nay to all this useless eyecandy. Give me a curses-based installer please. Although I still wouldn't install openSUSE to save my life. But anyways, my comment is useless, I'm sure theres an option for a text install. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:09:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (TrendKill) Comments RE[2]: Looks good.. http://osnews.com/thread?297363 http://osnews.com/thread?297363 > Anyone know if the timezone selector is based
> on Marble?

No the map in the installer is not based on Marble (http://edu.kde.org/marble). However IMHO using it in an installer would be a perfect usecase given that:

- it shouldn't be an issue to strip Marble down to a 2 MB package including the required worldmap data
- Marble depends on Qt4 only
- Marble ships with a Qt-Designer plugin
- Marble doesn't require OpenGL
- Marble uses little physical memory compared to other virtual globes / zoomable maps
- Marble has a custom InputHandler interface
- Marble is themable through and through (including shading, colorization, label styles, etc.). Wed, 23 Jan 2008 11:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Torsten Rahn) Comments ..... http://osnews.com/thread?297374 http://osnews.com/thread?297374 Pity aesthetics dont always equal performance.Since Suse 10 it has been a hit and miss affair for me.More misses than hits.

This upcoming release looks awesome though.I wish the team of developers well. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (islander) Comments RE: GUIs killed the command line star http://osnews.com/thread?297375 http://osnews.com/thread?297375 For as long as I remember Suse always had the option for a text installer. Oh and it worked gracefully even for network installations. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:51:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (NotInterested) Comments ... http://osnews.com/thread?297382 http://osnews.com/thread?297382 I think it looks nice, but browsing the web or playing a game while installing is something I like about the Ubuntu live cd, I don't really spend the installation looking at the installer, no matter how pretty it is.Edited 2008-01-23 14:30 UTC Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Hiev) Comments re http://osnews.com/thread?297383 http://osnews.com/thread?297383 SuSE allways managed in my opinion to produce nice wallpapers and bootscreens. So this pleasently looking installer seems logical to me.

Anyway easthetics sells, just have a look At Apple. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:30:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (netpython) Comments marbe http://osnews.com/thread?297412 http://osnews.com/thread?297412 new installer looks ace, and it would indeed be a marvellous example of integration if marble was used for the timezone selector.

looking forward to 11.0, especially if KDE 4.1 makes the release.

i realise the schedules are awkward, but if anyone can pull off using pre-release 4.1 then the opensuse devs can. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:14:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (REMF) Comments Something not right http://osnews.com/thread?297413 http://osnews.com/thread?297413 I find it odd that a linux centric site would watermark it's images.

I realise they have that choice, but it still doesn't sit right with me. Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:31:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Al2001) Comments RE: Something not right http://osnews.com/thread?297415 http://osnews.com/thread?297415 "I find it odd that a linux centric site would watermark it's images.

I realise they have that choice, but it still doesn't sit right with me."

They did the work. Without the watermark one of us could write our own review without even installing it..just steal the screen shots. They should be watermarked IMO.

I find it odd that linux centric companies such as RedHat brand Linux as their own....and make you have to go through and remove all such brands before distributing it (CentOs).

Yes, that was sarcastic, but you get the idea I'm sure.. ;) Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:41:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (DrillSgt) Comments even more screenshots http://osnews.com/thread?297417 http://osnews.com/thread?297417 http://www.thecodingstudio.com/opensource/linux/screenshots/index.p... Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:25:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (lqsh) Comments RE[2]: Something not right http://osnews.com/thread?297418 http://osnews.com/thread?297418
I find it odd that linux centric companies such as RedHat brand Linux as their own....and make you have to go through and remove all such brands before distributing it (CentOs).


Red Hat makes it even easier than necessary to distribute "RHEL" without the "RH".Edited 2008-01-23 19:28 UTC Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:27:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (h3rman) Comments RE: Something not right http://osnews.com/thread?297500 http://osnews.com/thread?297500 more like a tidal-wavemark Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (berzerko) Comments