Comments on: Announcing openSUSE 10.3 GM

By: ianio

ianio — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 20:36:16 +0000

I started with Suse 9. something after becoming down heartened with XP. I have since tried everything that resembled a half decent distro and here I am back with suse 10.3. I've had issues but nothing major. the occasional desktop crash, didn't boot after update. I struggled like hell to get 3d support from NVIDIA on a 64bit machine so im back on a 32bit install on my athlon64 machine, but it looks great. Overall I think suse comes with all the right software, mainly firefox, amarok, k3b and open office. Its amazing the distros that dont include these core open source gems. I cant wait for v.11 but am resisting installing a beta over my current awesome setup. Dont mess it up guys 16 days to go says my site counter. cheers. Ive had a lot of fun

By: Dr.V.K.Sethi

Dr.V.K.Sethi — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:15:45 +0000

I have used Suse 10.3 since launch. I can safely and confidently say IT IS BEST OS.

By: Chat

Chat — Wed, 21 May 2008 10:19:27 +0000

I am a Arch Linux user, but I’m a big fan of openSUSE, ’cause this distro converted me from windows to the linux world. Now I am downloading openSUSE 10.3 to replace my Arch install. Arch is one of the best distros around, but openSUSE is too, and is the most polished linux distro around, the best for a desktop user.

By: Carlos Morales

Carlos Morales — Sun, 04 May 2008 07:26:09 +0000

I have SuSE Linux 8.0 installed in my AMD 500. I have downloaded the OpemSUSE-10.3. For some reason I cannot isntall it right from the DVD (I downloaded the ISO imaged and burned it to a DVD. I tried to copy all the files to a hard disk partition (as I did with 8.0), but for some good and not-evident-to-me reason it fails when is trying to create the repository.

So, I tried to start right from my Suse Linux 8.0 and using Yast tried to update from 8.9 to 10.3. That did not work at all.

Can you tell me what would be the best way to upgrade from 8.0 to 10-3.

Thanks in advance

By: Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 13:33:59 +0000

Novell and the SuSE development people have done excellent work with the 10.3 distribution. I don’t pretend to be a PC expert, but the stability alone is unbelievably better than Windows, and as a bonus, it runs substantially faster.All the hardware I own is supported; in fact, supported better by SuSE than by Windows XP or VISTA. I don’t have the most expensive toy computer; my motto is, if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. I have been plodding away with 1800+ AMD Duron and 1.5 GB PC3200 for quote some time now. SuSE makes it run like a brand new PC; the newest VISTA-equipped PC can do no better.As with all Linux distributions, when migrating from Windows, there is a bit of a learning curve; but the SuSE curve is very, very shallow. This OS is so easy, a child could use it.

In fact, a child does use it. My 6-year old loves it, but he isn’t as picky as many of the posters on this board. He only really cares about Sesame Street, a few games (which SuSE came with), and a couple of educational applications. Perhaps it is the failure of my imagination, but I can’t imagine SuSE getting any better than it is right now. Considering that the main competitor is a huge international monopoly, Novell has done a remarkable job. I’ve tried three other distributions – Mandriva, Ubuntu, and Fedora – but none of these had the polish or feel of a “finished product” quite the way of SuSE. If those previous three versions were cars, Ubuntu would be a base-model Chevrolet economy car, Fedora would be an upper line Chrysler, but SuSE is a BMW. It doesn’t really have an equal. Like a good BMW, there are others that cost more, and there may be others with higher luxury features, but there are none that work better.

It is just my two cents, but I think you folks have done a superb job and deserve all the kudos you get.

By: ameron

ameron — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:47:04 +0000

Exactly the same problem for me…
Someone can help?

By: FJ

FJ — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 12:16:15 +0000

Been a SuSE user since 5.2 – mid-90′s. Tried others but keep coming back to it. Not 100% happy with it, but it’s miles better than anything Microsoft has to offer. Had issues getting Compiz to work properly though and ended up having to re-install the whole thing. Installinng into VMWare at present.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:01:34 +0000

Thanks so much Opensuse, one-click is the way linux should be heading, more user friendly to install new software. I love it.

By: Doug

Doug — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 02:56:26 +0000

Loved 10.3 for a while, but it seems to not like my Atheros Wireless card, installed Madwifi to solve it, and it was working well, now will not talk to the card in any form, although sysinfo recognises the presence of the card. Seems that it cant use the driver. Ok under Windows XP.

Will reinstall 10.3 or will wait for 11.0, not decided yet. Still love the SuSE product.

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:25:38 +0000

Hi! I am downloading openSUSE GNOME! I am able to virtulize it in Virtual PC 2007 in safe graphics mode (Failsafe). I can’t wait for it to do its magic! Thanks openSUSE! Thanks KDE! Thanks GNOME! And most of all, Thanks LINUX distrubitors!