"The live version of openSUSE 10.3 is now available as a GNOME or KDE CD. Both contain the same software as the 1 CD installation versions would provide you with, but as a live version. The live system can be used as a productive system or rescue system. You can also use it to just check out how openSUSE 10.3 runs on your computer without touching your hard drive. The Live CDs are available as 32bit versions in US English only and also contain, for the first time, an install option on the desktop."
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Member since:2005-07-06
has it been fixed, as in speeded up ?
I think OpenSuSE is with 10.3 definitely on the right track. Just couldn't resist and got myself a retail box a few weeks ago. To my pleasent suprise yes they have improved YasT in terms of responsiveness and added some new feautures. Adding community repos is a few clicks away.Swap space is encrypted by default. Only gnome 2.20 seemed to have problems with encrypted /home and /tmp. But that is hardly SuSE's fault since kde has no problems displaying folders and documents on the Desktop.
Member since:2005-11-05
raver31 wrote: I like Suse, and I would use it... if they dumped Yast.
has it been fixed, as in speeded up ?[Sic]
Oh no, not this old and much exaggerated one one again. If you don't like YaST, don't use OpenSuSE. YaST is the whole point of it compared to other distros. Also, if you use KDE, which the majority of OpenSuSE users do according to PlanetSuSE, you'll avoid the alleged slowness of YaST and GTK. Personally I've never found YaST to be a problem, and for those new to Linux it's a godsend compared to the vestigial tools available in the major DEs.
OpenSuSE has two weaknesses, and neither is YaST. One is their highly dubious software installation and updating system. They've fiddling with this for years and it gets no better. The other is a lack of polish and thought regarding how people use a PC - on display in such things as the pants MS-style extended menus and too many buttons which all do the same or very similar things.
As for the live CD, surely highly welcome all round.
Member since:2007-06-24
Few words from an inexperienced Linux user...
I really like openSUSE as a whole, but YaST feels somewhat clunky to me. My laptop has no internet connectivity during the install, so by default it can't update at all until I can set up the respositories manually. For such a user friendly distribution of Linux, I was very surprised by this. Aside from that and a bit of sluggishness, I never ran into any dependency issues, though the menus that come up when there are questions about dependency resolution feel out of place.
That's not enough to keep me from loving the OS though. It's a great release!
Member since:2005-07-06
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2005-07-06
I like Suse, and I would use it... if they dumped Yast.
has it been fixed, as in speeded up ?