openSuSe….Name is enuf!!!

With the latest release standing @ 10.2, openSuSe has made its Linux distribution pretty impressive. i have tried till date some 4 releases of SuSe and this has been the best of them all.

The grub animated boot screen has a different touch to it. But the default grub screen looks cool.

Installation was not much a problem. But I had to get my way thru its recommended partitions and specify my own custom made partitions. But once it was done, the installation required only few clicks.

After installation, the first thing that I liked was the start menu. It has been categorised and gives access to almost everything. Added search field helps you find your program with just few alphabets.

Yast Control Center does not miss on any feature to be configured. The package manager also remains easy to use.

In all its a very good distribution. It has a very decent hardware detection capability. All in all it has all the features that would make you stick to it. And all this @ a price which you would never imagine. ITS FREE!!!

For all the upcoming releases and additional features keep visiting their site:

http://www.opensuse.org

(NOTE: All screenshots used are either from openSUSE site or from other forums.)

Where are we with Linux?

Let me admit … I am not Ambidextrous…I mean I am learning Linux but not Windows coz I am way behind in Linux as compared to Windows.

But we all have opinions. Even those who are not using Linux talk about it these dayz. So Y shud I be behind others?

We all know (well not all ) that Linux has become pretty user friendly in the last couple of years. By user friendly, I mean it has become very much WINDOWed. All thanks to Windows that unless things appear inside windows, we don’t want to see them. So now Linux distributions are becoming more windowed. Starting from OS installation to Software download and installation has become hassle free and easy.

Things that have become easy to do with Linux in almost all distributions are :

* Installation – Step wise installation has really become easy. It is wizard based in almost all distributions. Only some distributions like Zenwalk continue to provide you with nothing but command line based installation option. But that doesn’t make them less customizable distributions.

* Software Management – Almost all distributions have their own software management tool:

1) Synaptic Package Manager – Pretty common. Whatever you need can be downloaded and installed instantly

2) Yast – If u know SuSe, then you know this. Click and zippy…u have your software installed.

(NOTE: All screenshots have been obtained from various tech sites or Linux distribution sites.)