Results tagged “suse”

In December 2005 after looking around for a Linux distribution, SUSE 10.0 seemed a good choice. SUSE, which was later renamed openSUSE, remains a good Linux distribution. At that time there were a few mentions of a newer distribution called... Read More >>

As an openSUSE Linux user and a budding typographer, I'm always interested in ways to make screen-rendered text more legible. You may have a similar obsession with the clarity of text. Or maybe I'm the only person this side of... Read More >>

I was looking at this entry over on Vichar's Linux blog and was amazed. It's basically a list of a lot of open source alternatives to proprietary software. It's a very excellent list, and the software listed there is... Read More >>

Well, the new version of openSUSE has been released. It's version 10.2, and initial word is that it's great. You can download the entire operating system and applications as a single DVD image or 5 + 1 CDs here.... Read More >>

I hadn't really given Ubuntu a fair shake the last time I looked at it. I decided to go another round with Ubuntu to see what it was all about. Ubuntu, as you may know, is a flavor of Linux,... Read More >>

Ever since I installed SUSE Linux 10.1, I've heard rumblings from here and there about something cool called Xgl. I wondered what all the buzz was about. It had something to do with translucency, effects, spinning cubes. Well, I installed... Read More >>

I'll be the first to admit that Linux appeals to the technically inclined. It also appeals to people who believe in the freedom of ideas. People are cruising along on their Mac OS X laptop or their Windows box, and... Read More >>

Robert Scoble wrote an entry about what he sees as a reason Linux won't be adopted by the masses as their desktop operating system: the fonts. I couldn't disagree more with him. I'm looking at Gnome via SUSE Linux 10.1... Read More >>

You all know my love for SUSE Linux. It's my platform of choice. I'm glad too that Novell has switched the default install to Gnome from KDE. As I've said before, KDE is like running a Windows clone. Why... Read More >>

There are a variety of books out there for SUSE Linux, but it's only just now that legendary tech publisher O'Reilly has chimed in with a title of its own. SUSE Linux: A Complete Guide to Novell's Community Distribution... Read More >>

You'll first note my lengthy and highly entertaining post from December 2005 entitled Celebrity Deathmatch: Windows XP vs SUSE Linux. In that article, I talked about my switch from Mac OS X and Windows XP over to SUSE Linux 10.0.... Read More >>

openSUSE has the scoop: SUSE Linux 10.1 is due to be released tomorrow. There are two varieties that you can download for free or buy. There's SUSE Linux 10.1 the commercial product from Novell costing $59.99. And then there... Read More >>

Often when I'm walking down the street, people come up to me and say, "Dan, I've been afraid to try Linux. Robert Scoble has me whipped. I've been using Windows for so long, I don't know anything else." It... Read More >>

Long before there was Windows XP. Long before there was Windows 95. There was an operating system that rose up out of the Finnish primordial ooze. A young man named Linus Torvalds had the pluck to want to write his... Read More >>