Joe's Linux Blogs!

Well, I have installed openSUSE 11.2 and everything works very well. I also have installed as a VM Ubuntu 9.10 and openSUSE 64 bit as well as fedora 12. They all work well. Most of the bugs have been worked out in all of these distros. If your a hard core Linux user I still recommend Slackware 13 64 bit. It's got everything you could possible need for development tools as well as being the best distro I can think of to really learn what Linux is all about. I have also tried the latest open solaris. I am not impressed. It's still buggy and Linux has it beat hands down. If you insist on running a true Unix I would stick to FreeBSD. I will post more as I go. Until then, Happy Linuxing!
P.S. Windows 7 is much better then Vista. If your going to keep using Windows, please upgrade to 7, you will not regret it.

I really think you should read this page http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_31 It explains the new kernel very well and has links to other pages for even for info.

Link: http://www.piwigo.org

A word about piwigo. What's that you ask? Well this is a direct quote from their we page. "Piwigo is a photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers. Extensions make Piwigo easily customizable. Icing on the cake, Piwigo is free and open source”. Now, here's what I have to add. This software is easy to install. You do need some basic knowledge of web hosting. It is good looking and easy to maintain. It's also open source so you can tweak it up. Well that it. I think you should give it a try. As always, Happy Linuxing!

Yast2 is most likely one of the most well thought out package systems I've ever worked with. I have the ability to shop and compare so to speak. I can load up all of the community repositories and look at what each one has to offer. You do have to be careful not to break your install. I tend to stick to the most current releases of software, however, you need to keep track of the different versions each repository offers. If you're careful, you can update the system to a much more current state and not update the OS itself. Also remember there is a really great text version of Yast and that can really come in handy. OK, What did I just say? Oh ya, Happy Linuxing!

OK, I've been messing around with openSUSE 11.2 RC-1 and it seems to be OK for the most part. I do see a few annoying bugs and I think I agree with what others are saying “It should be a beta, not a RC” It sees the wireless and it looks great. The new Kernel is stat of the art. Read about that in my Kernel blog. Well all in all I think I will stick to 11.0 what you say? You're still on 11.0 Yes. Its stable and I work on it every day and I can't afford to have a crash. Happy Linuxing!