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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 11th Dec 2006 20:51 UTC

Yet another review of OpenSUSE 10.2. "I'm very disappointed in it. It hasn't changed much. It still is one of the best desktop Linux solutions available, its configuration tools are brilliant, its Gnome desktop is great and uniquely designed but the quality of its package manager is simply unacceptable. If you've ever used APT before you can't decently consider using this." Update: Another. Update2: One more.

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RE[3]: I dunno...

by nelvana2005 on Tue 12th Dec 2006 19:27 UTC in reply to "RE[2]: I dunno..."

Member since:
2005-07-29

For me it worked.
If you choose the internet installation (I installed via network/DHCP starting with the mini-CD-iso), you should know the IP address of the server and the name of the corresponding OpenSuse directory.
Since I live in Germany I downloaded the OpenSuse packages from a server within Germany: ftp.gwdg.de (G�ttingen) with the IP address 134.76.11.100, the needed directory is /pub/opensuse/distribution/10.2/repo/oss.
And do not forget to deselect the ZMD Enterprise Updater and to choose the OpenSuse Updater for a painless installation.
You will find more information here:
http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version#Internet_Installation

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RE[4]: I dunno...

by Bobe on Tue 12th Dec 2006 21:05 in reply to "RE[3]: I dunno..."

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2006-12-12

So do I have to magically know the server address? That's how it was before and I find that pretty silly.

A better solution would be to provide a list of potential servers, ala FreeBSD, Debian, and others.

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RE[5]: I dunno...

by nelvana2005 on Tue 12th Dec 2006 22:30 in reply to "RE[4]: I dunno..."

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2005-07-29

Magic?
First, you have to choose your server from the big list at opensuse.org:
http://de.opensuse.org/Spiegelserver_der_stabilen_Version
In my case: ftp.gwdg.de
How did I get the IP address of this server?
Well, I am a magician: I opened a console and spoke:
ping ftp.gwdg.de
And then a miracle! The IP address! :-)
(You can also use http://www.dnsstuff.com/)
Then, as I said above, you have to tell OpenSuse which directory from your chosen server is the OpenSuse one.
That's all. All this you can read on www.opensuse.org, if you wish:
http://en.opensuse.org/INSTALL_Internet

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