loki123 Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 I just installed Suse Linux 10.1, and Its kinda cool, but there are some things I dont get, for one, how to install programs, wtf are dependencies and why does it takes sooooooooooooooooooooooo long to boot up O.o It is cool, but I find it a bit hard to use. Any help, or links to help would be more than welcomed. Thanks in advance! btw, I noticed that using internet on linux is much faster than on Windows, I did a normal download test and actualy got my 7.7MB, rather than the usual 5MB~ :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 7710 Kbps about 7.7 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB) Download Speed is:: 941 kB/s Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Server 1) Test Time:: 2006/11/26 - 10:33pm Bottom Line:: 134X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.09 sec Tested from a 12160 kB file and took 12.92 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: Awesome! 20% + : 43.66 % faster than the average for host (cox.net) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-1I54EXQSA User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/20060425 SUSE/1.5.0.3-7 Firefox/1.5.0.3 [!] thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 Dependencies are basically libraries of code that are required to run a program. The easiest way to install programs is though the use of RPMs or binary files.. Take a look at this post.. it should give you a better idea.. http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=16619.0 As far as taking for ever or longer to load than windows.. it is, I think, due to the file system that is used. I have noticed that the transfer rates between ext3 and ntfs, the filesystem that > windows 2000 uses, are huge. Here are some things that you can try.. http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/254 It is a little bit harder to use but that is only because you are so use to Windows. It just takes time.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki123 Posted November 27, 2006 Author CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 Sweet, many thanks, really!!! One thing about dependencies... sometimes when im gonna install an rpm, when it says "resolving dependencies..." an error pops up saying that the dependencies couldn't be resolved, how would I go about installing the apps then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 suse 10.1 was messed up pretty bad when it came to updating and installing stuff.. I will post some other stuff tonight to get around these little issues.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mtal1ca Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 Why would one prefer to install Linux over Windows? What are the benefits? I have heard of it but haven't researched or experienced it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted November 27, 2006 CID Share Posted November 27, 2006 Basically it is just another operating system.. Everything is free.. So just about any program you can think of there is a Linux alternative that is 100% free. The other main advantage is that it tends to run a little bit better on older hardware that windows might not run all that well on. If you are really interested in getting started I would recommend trying a 'live cd'. It is basically a cd-rom that will boot the computer and use your memory as the hard drive. This way you can try out the os with having to install it on your hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparticus Posted November 28, 2006 CID Share Posted November 28, 2006 Basically it is just another operating system.. Everything is free.. So just about any program you can think of there is a Linux alternative that is 100% free. The other main advantage is that it tends to run a little bit better on older hardware that windows might not run all that well on. If you are really interested in getting started I would recommend trying a 'live cd'. It is basically a cd-rom that will boot the computer and use your memory as the hard drive. This way you can try out the os with having to install it on your hard drive. Where can I find a live cd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted November 28, 2006 CID Share Posted November 28, 2006 Where can I find a live cd? I have tried Knopix Linux Live and worked quite well. Here is a list of many live CD versions: http://www.frozentech.com/content/livecd.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark06 Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 Try slax thats one of my fav or puppy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm311 Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 I don't know, I have SuSe and can't seem to install any of my games and I use Cedega...still playing around with it but haven't found a use for Linux other than the stability yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimmer Posted December 30, 2006 CID Share Posted December 30, 2006 I don't know, I have SuSe and can't seem to install any of my games and I use Cedega...still playing around with it but haven't found a use for Linux other than the stability yet. Have you tried Wine? I have not used Cedega.. You can get it in RPM form from the Software Management console as part of Yast2 or download it from here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=6241&package_id=79444 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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