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Re: [PLUG] SUSE 10.2 update
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 19:42:09 -0400 (EDT)
From: Doug Crompton<doug@crompton.com>
Great rundown! Thanks for taking the time to explain all that.
Happy to, hope it's useful.
One other thing I forgot, though it's probably obvious, is that you can
try before you buy. Just burn a LiveCD and boot the machine. Make sure
it sees all the hardware, printers/scanners work [1], try out the
default apps, and so forth. And remember that with a LiveCD you lose
everything when you power off!
[1] Printers usually more-or-less Just Work, but scanners, esp.
over-the-wire, may need drivers and extra setup. Consult the
manufacturers web site and/or Google.
Also, if you are used to RPM, I have an RPM <--> APT (.deb) cheat sheet:
http://www.jpsdomain.org/linux/apt.html
You can also write a "wrapper" script, and/or use aliases to ease the
transition from RPM to APT.
Later,
JP
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