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I downloaded SuSE Linux 9.3 from a SuSE mirror and installed it this past week. I have worked with a lot of Linux distributions in the past, most recently Mandrake 10.1. Linux has always been very promising but also always somewhat difficult to make work well - it was definitely an OS for the hobbyist who enjoyed struggling with it to get things to work. SuSE Linux 9.3 changes all that. I have dubbed it the "it just works" Linux distro. EVERYTHING I have tried simply works. Printers, webcams, external hard drives, USB memory sticks... EVERYTHING simply works, no muss, no fuss. It is a truly amazing experience. In addition to its excellent hardware support, SuSE Linux 9.3 comes with a dazzling array of excellent software. I have not found it to be wanting anything that I was looking for, and have run into all sorts of excellent new software as well. This is the Linux I have been looking for. SuSE Linux 9.3 is so good that even though I have downloaded and installed it for free, I have purchased the boxed set. These guys deserve to be compensated for the excellent job they have done. If you are looking for a solid, stable, "it just works" Linux distro, SuSE Linux 9.3 is the Linux for you.
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I have been wanting to give Microsoft Windows the boot for some time and have tried RedHat and Mandrake (the free non supported versions). RedHat is for the experienced and the free version of Mandrake was good but not what I was hoping for. Then I tried the free downloadable version of Suse and I was home. This version is what prompted me to get the store bought version with all of it's extras and I've been very pleased. I am still a novice and have no desire to become a Linux god but if I do Suse 9.3 has the fire power.
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Loaded with new features like fast switching as in Win XP. Thousands of minor improvments. Sure there are unfortunately some bugs but hey this is no free version, this is the cream of the crop of Linux and all updates are included. People who claime it is third party software, should think twince before investing a couple of grand only to discover that 3 years later they are outdated. With Linux you just buy the operation system and everything is there.
Features: F-Photo, Beagle to search your files, easy set-up of your network, secure internet browsing, better support for USB hard drive, Fast switcher capacity as in Win XP. The pleasure of browsing the Internet without having to worry about spyware, adware, malvare, bad scripts.
Disagreements. Some of the applications were litteraly rushed into the distribution like Open office 2, all works ok but have occasional bugs.
Highly recommended... provided you know how to turn on a computer and manipulate a mouse. I am slowly getting rid of all my Windows computers, not a bad product, but tired of always running some scans and checks for viruses.
Suse 9.3 from Novell : recommended for both power users and beginners.
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If you want to go back about 10 years in computing this
will surely take you back in time.
First problem, drivers lack of them.
Second problem, if it don't like your hardware you are
out of luck.
Third problem, my C:\ has now been destroyed.
I now have a machine with a blinking cursor.
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I attempted to replace Fedora 2 with Suse 9.3 on a dual-boot machine because some of the c libraries in Fedora were causing problems with compiles of scientific software. The Suse distro corrupted my MBR and I lost both Windows and Fedora. Repaired Windows. Backed up files. Re-installed Suse. Found it to be like what would happen if Windows XP and Fedora 2 lived on a nuclear waste dump and had a baby. Now I have installed ubuntu, and I find it to be much less crappy. Save your money. Install Debian or ubuntu. Suse is great for finding a worse way to do everything you can do in XP. Suse is the Fiat of the OS world - looks cute, but does it run...sometimes...when the weather is nice and you have nowhere to go but downhill.
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