Joe's Linux Blogs!

10/31/07
OK, here is a tip I'm sure you might need. There are two different versions of Banshee. There is Banshee and Helix Banshee. What's the difference you might ask? Well a big one. Helix is a music player in its self and uses the Banshee GUI. It is almost the same when you use the Banshee GUI but there are some key differences. The most important one I can see is the MP3 issue. Banshee by its self WILL NOT rip CDs to MP3 format. Helix on the other hand does. So if you have Banshee installed make sure it's using the Helix core. A sure way to tell the difference in openSUSE v10.3 is the splash screen. Banshee is Orange and Helix is Blue. To switch the versions go to Yast and see if you have Banshee or Helix Banshee installed. If you have Banshee delete it and install Helix Banshee. The two are incompatible with each other so completely remove the one and select the other. I found the easy way is to use the search. Just type the word banshee in it and it will pop up.

10/30/07
OK. The system crashed. I'm not sure what happened. I let someone else use the computer and when I got on it, WHAM! I reinstalled clean and now I'm back up and everything I want to work does. So, lesson learned, If you have a system you depend on, "Don't let anyone else use it". Now there's a quote for ya...

10/16/07
Well now. I have found a handy website to help you with issues that might come up with openSuSE and you might not have found a solution to yet. goto http://opensuse-community.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE-Community.org and check it out. I think you find this site most useful.

10/14/07
I have tried one more time to update to openSUSE v10.3... So far so good. I really suggest reading up on this OS as much as you can before installing it. Even if you know Linux very well there are some major changes to consider first. (example: /dev/hda is now /dev/sda) and that's just the tip of the iceberg. The default directory for Gnome has changed too. There is already a kernel update and some bug fixes. Lets all keep our fingers crossed and see how this one plays out.

10/11/07
After messing around for a solid week I have rolled back to openSUSE Linux v10.2... I know that v10.3 is much better in many ways but for now I do have to say I think it was released too soon. It is still a bit buggy. It has some real bugs in the X server and with other things too. Just a suggestion, DO NOT upgrade, do a clean install and do it on a box you don't have to depend on for critical work. I also think you should have new hardware, no more then 6 months old. Other then that I still like the openSUSE Linux flavor the best. NOTE: I would read up on Linux as much as possible before taking the plunge.