getting started with openSUSE

[bilal_jan]

i have got openSUSE 10.3 and i am going to install it today.
i have been to Ubuntu 7.10 before.
i wanna know that is the kernel of opensuse is enclosed in the dvd or i have to download it from net.
if it is encloed in dvd wt should i do to install it on my system along with opensuse OS
thanks

[Tutku]

ofcourse there is a kernel exist in your DVD and alsa from Index of /pub/projects/kernel/kotd site you can obtain the most recent kernel.

[LinuxMan32]

tutku, right on the head my friend

but in all seriousness, open suse is great. very stable os

if you can enable the desktop effects, im having so much fun with all the vista and mac osx like transparencies and wobbly windows.

[bilal_jan]

thanks tuktu for the link
but on ur mentioned link there are many links wh one i should choose!!!

[gogalthorp]

You do not need a kernel, the kernel is Linux without it a distro would not work. I suggest you stay away from experimental kernels until you learn more. Stick to the kernel that comes with the distribution.

[scrarfussi]

Dude i don't think you will succeed with opensuse 10.3 on your laptop Look your problem is a simple one your laptop is too old to run opensuse 10.3 or ubuntu 7.04 check the specification's of your laptop i just checked the ibm site and they say it has 128mb sdram which is not enough to run gnome or kde or even the install process of opensuse you have better chances with vector linux VectorLinux it will run on your older hardware
Also xbuntu or dsl try one of these distro's

[petvi]

Hello,

I need some help. I use linux and I would like to change the users file system. I like that every user see only one directory and they can't move up one lever. They see only this directory and every file in this directory. Please help me how can I do it.

Thanks:
Viktor

[Jonathan183]

Welcome to the forums Viktor

I'm not sure what you are asking to do. By default Linux users have read & write access to their home folders only. By default all users are able to see their own home folders and are not able to see other users home folders ... only root is able to see and read/write to all files and folders on the system.

If you want to setup an area for users to share data you are probably going to be better off setting up a separate folder for this rather than changing the way user home areas are setup.

[bilal_jan]

thanks gogalthorp please tell me that do all the linux distributions have same kernel or they have different kernels.

[gogalthorp]

Different distro's may or may not have the same kernel version. Also some may configure the kernel different for their own reason. ie you would configure a kernel different for a server or a desktop or running a super computer network if you are looking for optimization. It is also possible to optimize for different processor types (ie Intel/AMD). These optimizations can be done from the same source version by setting flags when you compile from source.

My advice is unless you are an advanced user or just want to play and don't care how stable things are, you should stick with the kernel and updates for you distro.

Suse tends to be conservative and you don't get the cutting edge kernel builds, unless you install them yourself. And you really don't want to do that if you don't know what you are doing. :drown: