Adamant1988
February 9th, 2007, 05:33 PM
So, I finally completed my download of OpenSuse 10.2 LiveDVD. I burned the iso with the default iso burning program on my computer (If anyone knows a good iso burning program that works on XP please tell me), popped it in, and restarted.
OpenSuse is not, and cannot, be Linux. After a few seconds of darkness on my screen I was greeted by a perfectly proportioned elegant blue background. It would appear that OpenSuse has detected my monitor resolution, flawlessly. Something I was certainly not expecting. The next thing that happened was I was presented with a choice of Gnome or KDE. I was anxious to try the new KDE menu for myself, so I switched the default to KDE and entered...
The desktop loaded and I was immediately very impressed. Everything just LOOKED so integrated and professional, again I say, OpenSuse cannot be Linux. I opened the kickoff menu, and was immediately impressed by that. Unfortunately, as expected, my Wireless card was not working out of the box. OpenSuse did, however, find and configure it. For some reason it just could not find any networks, I found that odd. The next major surprise I recieved was that my All-in-one HP Printer was not only found and correctly identified, but setting it up through YaST was EASY as sin. The only potential pit-fall was choosing my driver, but I had done some research on the linux compatibility of the printer and knew exactly which driver I needed. It worked flawlessly. OpenSuse is not Linux, I swear it.
So then, I decided to press my luck and try scanning, AGAIN, flawless scanning. Configuring my scanner to work was a matter of hitting "next, next, next" in the configuration menu... So so easy. This cannot be Linux. All in all I was extremely impressed by OpenSuse 10.2, but having seen how user friendly, professionally done, and high quality the code was, I'm convinced that there is no way this is Linux... It's in a class of it's own.
OpenSuse is not, and cannot, be Linux. After a few seconds of darkness on my screen I was greeted by a perfectly proportioned elegant blue background. It would appear that OpenSuse has detected my monitor resolution, flawlessly. Something I was certainly not expecting. The next thing that happened was I was presented with a choice of Gnome or KDE. I was anxious to try the new KDE menu for myself, so I switched the default to KDE and entered...
The desktop loaded and I was immediately very impressed. Everything just LOOKED so integrated and professional, again I say, OpenSuse cannot be Linux. I opened the kickoff menu, and was immediately impressed by that. Unfortunately, as expected, my Wireless card was not working out of the box. OpenSuse did, however, find and configure it. For some reason it just could not find any networks, I found that odd. The next major surprise I recieved was that my All-in-one HP Printer was not only found and correctly identified, but setting it up through YaST was EASY as sin. The only potential pit-fall was choosing my driver, but I had done some research on the linux compatibility of the printer and knew exactly which driver I needed. It worked flawlessly. OpenSuse is not Linux, I swear it.
So then, I decided to press my luck and try scanning, AGAIN, flawless scanning. Configuring my scanner to work was a matter of hitting "next, next, next" in the configuration menu... So so easy. This cannot be Linux. All in all I was extremely impressed by OpenSuse 10.2, but having seen how user friendly, professionally done, and high quality the code was, I'm convinced that there is no way this is Linux... It's in a class of it's own.