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thanx to everybody for the links and the advice, i got the installation dvd from a research assistent at my university

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Originally Posted by everlast

what do you mean by that? i'm learning to do everything from the bash console program. i'm learning how to make scripts... now i'm really confused.

Because using the command line is something that is not required when using OpenSUSE. You'll never really master the command line until you're forced to use it.

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I have used every major distro out there and there are purists that have a probably with Opensuse and the distro I mentioned before Freespire. Both Novell (of Suse) and Freespire have entered into deals with Microsoft. There is nothing keeping a Freespire or Opensuse user from learning how program etc.. In fact, having a linux that works out of the box is great start.
People often forget that Ubuntu has agreements with Freespire and that the roots of SUSE in Germany are very much based on "real" Linux.

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Re: openSUSE

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Originally Posted by teachtopia

You have decided to download a great distro!
I currently use Opensuse on one pc and Freespire on another. Both work with little resources.
Opensuse was a little longer install than Freespire, but I have had zero problems with the distro.

OpenSuse is terrible. I have 5 dells, no version of suse above 10.0 runs on them, because it doesnt detect the USB keyboard.

Yast is slow as hell too

i like debian, fast, stable, open (love the social contract)
CentOS i sort of like too but thats only because i love stability and it has good GUI tools for servers

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currently running Opensuse on a dell with only 128 megs of ram. interesting how we all have different experiences with the different distros.
I also have no probs with debian and it's major derivatives.

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Originally Posted by joeprogrammer

Because using the command line is something that is not required when using OpenSUSE. You'll never really master the command line until you're forced to use it.

oh, believe me, i'm forced to use it - and i love to use it. and i'm getting used to it - i had no idea it's so fast. as i said before, i have a great oportunity and vast fortune to work on OpenFOAM

(http://www.opencfd.co.uk/openfoam/) and thus i can't escape the command line. and now that i'm getting used to it - i don't want to use anything else.

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Originally Posted by teachtopia

I have used every major distro out there and there are purists that have a probably with Opensuse and the distro I mentioned before Freespire. Both Novell (of Suse) and Freespire have entered into deals with Microsoft. There is nothing keeping a Freespire or Opensuse user from learning how program etc.. In fact, having a linux that works out of the box is great start.
People often forget that Ubuntu has agreements with Freespire and that the roots of SUSE in Germany are very much based on "real" Linux.

as we say in Croatia :"so, in THAT hedge lies the rabbit."

ok. i got the message. the problem is Micosoft. i can understand that perfectly, from what i'm reading on the Net about terms such as the GNU project, copyleft, free softwafe, development community, and similar - i can finaly understand people who have problems with (excuse my bad english) proprietary software. i'm developing my own set of problems with it as i seem to be rising up into an intermediate linux and a novice OpenFOAM user.

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<<<Yeah I agree with Joe, you need to use Real Linux (tm).
what is the meaning of real linux? actually i am using mandrive. Is it good to learn by this? i m newbie for this. I m eager to learn linux but do not know which one is good for a newbie.