Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> __/ [ arachnid ] on Thursday 10 August 2006 17:19 \__
>
>> On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 17:43:39 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>
>>> The installer was actually bashed. I wasnted to explore the world of
>>> BSD, but the above put me off completely. *smile*
>>
>> I wanted to explore the world of SuSE, but I read about someone who
>> couldn't get it to install on their machine so I didn't bother. :o)
>
> What do you know...?
>
> Problem now solved:
>
> http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=82
>
> As for SUSE, I don't know if its success rate is higher than that of
> Ubuntu's. People seem to suggest that SUSE is the better choice if you want
> XGL to be trivially set up.
Just dont expect to use wireless or edit JPEGS.
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| It$(B!G(Bs not entirely trouble free; perhaps its the lack of a
| progress bar, but the computer seems to boot very slowly. Strangely, the
| variant of the GIMP for PC BSD doesn$(B!G(Bt support JPG
| files. Configuring this machine to use wireless was also no treat.
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Also interesting to see trouble with USB peripheral devices such as,
err, keyboards. Same as my HW - if the system shuts down or freezes
abnormally then when I switch back on the keyboard & mouse are not
recognised - a real pain with the system doesnt have a real PS2 kbd
socket.
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