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j.miller565
May 20th, 2007, 10:44 PM
I would like to get OpenSUSE but I'm shocked that you need 6 blank CDs for all of the images. Is there anyway where I can only use one disk?
Ergo
May 21st, 2007, 12:15 AM
Believe it or not, you do need all the CDs to have a thorough distribution. Suse is renowned for having a robust distribution. My suggestion is to order a DVD from a distritution compilation site. They are pretty cheap and won't work you to death doing the install.
Adamant1988
May 21st, 2007, 09:53 AM
Believe it or not, you do need all the CDs to have a thorough distribution. Suse is renowned for having a robust distribution. My suggestion is to order a DVD from a distritution compilation site. They are pretty cheap and won't work you to death doing the install.

This is just not true, it's my understanding that you can actually have a functioning system with the first 3.
RedDwarf
May 21st, 2007, 11:22 AM
http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_News/10.2-Release#Available_Images
karellen
May 22nd, 2007, 03:43 AM
Only CD 1-3 is required for a default GNOME/KDE desktop install (in English, French, Italian, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Czech). CD 4-5 provide extra packages.
that is what you need to know
j.miller565
May 22nd, 2007, 09:45 AM
that's all sweet, I downloaded them yesterday. I'm loving SUSE so much even though it is a bit slower than ubuntu,
karellen
May 23rd, 2007, 08:10 AM
that's all sweet, I downloaded them yesterday. I'm loving SUSE so much even though it is a bit slower than ubuntu,

I think you can make it run faster, stop some processes etc, search the suse forums, if I remember corectly there were some threads regarding this