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Old 03-25-2006, 01:26 AM  
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Simplex3's SuSE Linux Converts Thread
Looking for some help moving to Linux? Drop the question here and we'll see what I can do. Some topics I expect we'll cover:

1. Installation
2. What apps do what?
3. My (hardware) isn't working (right)
4. Multi-media issues

Remember, if you need help sooner rather than later:

Kubuntu users:
1. Launch Konversation from the "Internet" menu.
2. Connect to #kubuntu by double clicking on it.
3. Ask away.

Suse users:
1. Install X-Chat
2. Connect to the Freenode network
3. Join the #suse channel
4. Ask away. There are usually about 280 helpful souls in there.

I'll also try to keep this up as a sort of FAQ. Non-question-specific posts will have a large, bold heading (see post #2).

*Note: Don't forget you can try out Linux without installing anything on your PC at all. Download one of the LiveCD versions, burn it to a disc, then reboot the PC with the LiveCD in the drive and your computer will load Linux and your hard disk will not be changed. You can get them at either of these links:
http://www.kubuntu.com/
http://www.novell.com/products/susel...rors_isos.html
http://www.mepis.org/
http://www.knoppix.org/

*Note: If I start asking you to run a bunch of things from a command prompt it isn't because that's the only way to do it, it's because that's the only way I can "control" what is happening on your end.
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Old 03-26-2006, 01:19 AM   #46
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Nah I am more so worried that a botched install of ubuntu and the working one will make things dicey.
The botched one doesn't exist. It was blown away with Windows. Does that make you feel better?
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Old 03-26-2006, 01:24 AM   #47
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The botched one doesn't exist. It was blown away with Windows. Does that make you feel better?
Cool. I am actually pretty calm. I really am impressed with what I do have. It'll just be a matter of trying to build up my music list again. Thats doable.

I am thinking of doing a fresh suse install though, everything is cool with the UB but the sound is really working for some reason.
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Old 03-26-2006, 01:28 AM   #48
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Cool. I am actually pretty calm. I really am impressed with what I do have. It'll just be a matter of trying to build up my music list again. Thats doable.

I am thinking of doing a fresh suse install though, everything is cool with the UB but the sound is really working for some reason.
The biggest plus to you about SuSE is that I have it and run it. I where SuSE puts things better than I know other Linux distros.
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To be fair this is 100% my fault...I dont want to scare any others thinking of giving all of this a try.
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Old 03-26-2006, 01:29 AM   #50
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The biggest plus to you about SuSE is that I have it and run it. I where SuSE puts things better than I know other Linux distros.
ALrighty...5 iso's....5 discs...ya?
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ALrighty...5 iso's....5 discs...ya?
Correct-a-mundo.

Since you're a noob, go ahead and put KDE on when you do SuSE. If you like Gnome better we'll add it later.
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Correct-a-mundo.

Since you're a noob, go ahead and put KDE on when you do SuSE. If you like Gnome better we'll add it later.
DOn't those have to do with look and feel for the most part?
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DOn't those have to do with look and feel for the most part?
They won't affect what works, but they have bearing on HOW they work as well as what applications and utilities will be installed by default. They will also affect the look and feel.

As for the specifics of look and feel, there are many, many, MANY skins that you can use for either Gnome or KDE.
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I take it I will no longer be able to browse through my secondary NTFS drive that I store pictures and music on that I created while with Windows?
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I take it I will no longer be able to browse through my secondary NTFS drive that I store pictures and music on that I created while with Windows?
Wrong! Linux can mount FAT16 and FAT32 read/write and it can mount NTFS read only.
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Wrong! Linux can mount FAT16 and FAT32 read/write and it can mount NTFS read only.

How do I set that up then. I can't locate what used to be my D drive in WinXP NTFS. I know it is there because I made certain it was not used during the installation process.
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Also, how do I set up 3D support on my Nvidia card?
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How do I set that up then. I can't locate what used to be my D drive in WinXP NTFS. I know it is there because I made certain it was not used during the installation process.
* Open YaST from the System menu.
* Select System->Partitioner.
* Tell it you're an expert.
* When the "Expert Partitioner" opens you'll see a list of your devices and the partitions on them.
* Click on the partition in question. It will be of type "HPFS/NTFS" (since MS stole IBM's file system).
* Click "Edit" at the bottom of the screen.
* Set the "Mount Point" to /windows/D if it isn't already.
* Click Ok
* Mount any other Windows partitions you want.
* Click Apply
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* Open YaST from the System menu.
* Select System->Partitioner.
* Tell it you're an expert.
* When the "Expert Partitioner" opens you'll see a list of your devices and the partitions on them.
* Click on the partition in question. It will be of type "HPFS/NTFS" (since MS stole IBM's file system).
* Click "Edit" at the bottom of the screen.
* Set the "Mount Point" to /windows/D if it isn't already.
* Click Ok
* Mount any other Windows partitions you want.
* Click Apply

Gave me a "storage modification failed" error -3003

Won't let me do what you suggested
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Also, how do I set up 3D support on my Nvidia card?
* From YaST (are you noticing a theme here?) select Software->Online Update
* Click Next to accept the update source it selected.
* Select the patches you want to install. Hint, you want pretty much all of them, especially the NVidia binary driver one.
* Click Accept
* Go take a leak, get a beer, whatever.
* Return to YaST
* Click Hardware->Graphics Card and Monitor
* In the "Monitor" section, check "Activate 3D Acceleration" at the bottom of the page.
* Make any other changes you like.
* You can set the various NVidia driver properties by clicking "Options" on the Monitor section if you're a hard-core tweaker.
* Click Ok
* Reboot to load the driver. This isn't necessary but it's easier than explaining insmod.
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