Oct
26
OpenSUSE, and the Community-driven business strategy
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Ah! My first Linux-related post for a long while! Anyways, the folks at Novell have finally decided to go the Redhat way, and open up SUSE to the community. Here’s what the OpenSUSE wiki says: Read more
Mar
26
Notes on digital cameras and Linux.
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The first thing I consider when buying any piece of hardware, is whether it’ll play well with Linux. Yeah if you’re a Linux user, you know the feeling. The “extra” research you need to put in. Thankfully, the rather expensive digital camera I bought last week works excellently with the SUSE Linux 9.2 Professional on my Thinkpad.
Dec
20
SUSE Linux 9.1 Professional on the IBM R50 Thinkpad
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Well, I got SUSE 9.1 Pro on my shiny new TP yesterday! Works like a charm!
I had a DVD of this distro from Novell, but since my old PC didn’t have a DVD ROM, I never got a change to have a look at this supposedly cool distro. RedHat/Fedora has been my mainstay since the bad old days of Linux 2.0.