Everything I want to know about OpenSUSE

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hello to all,

i’m just a newbie. i never try to use OpenSUSE yet but i have already tried to install and use Kubuntu 7.10 and Ubuntu 7.10 for a couple of minutes. try to browse the internet with firefox then play CHESS.

i have used Windows XP for gaming, burning and downloading free files.

please help me because many things are not yet clear in my mind.

i am still downloading the 64bit and 32bit versions of openSUSE 11. and i’m really excited to use and explore it when i finish the download.

-what is the difference or significance of the 32bit from the 64bit versions of openSUSE? which one will be best to use for me?

-how about the KDE or GNOME versions? what are the difference? which one is very good to use? are the 2 just themes or something?

-why is it that there is a boxed version of openSUSE that is for SALE for almost 60$ if i’m not mistaken? is it better than the ones free to be downloaded over the internet?

-can i install openSUSE in my laptop? NEO laptop with Intel Celeron M CPU 1.46Ghz, 1gig of RAM, 40gig hard drive. How can i install the drivers of the laptop because i heard that Linux Base OS’s don’t RUN .EXE files?

-Windows use FAT32 and NTFS format. how can i open files from drive C:(NTFS format) if i partition the hard drive and have DRIVE D:(here i am planning to install openSUSE) how can i open my files from windows XP with openSUSE even if the format if NTFS, Linux can open FAT format files is that correct?

-how can i play my games in openSUSE like NBAlive2005,2008 and transformers, diablo, need for speed. x-men rise of apocalypse? are there GAMES for Linux equivalent to my favored GAMES?

-what programming language must i learn to be able to create my own version of operating system? because i wonder how XP was created and so are the versions of LINUX base OS’s. or even a simple GAME, how to create it? what program to use for a beginner like me? is an operating system can be created by just one man?

thank you very much. i hope that good people with good heart will help me. GOD BLESS to ALL and a GOOD DAY. THANKS!!!

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I think you might be having a lot of questions in your mind. You can go on here:

Chip.in :: View topic - THE LINUX THREAD

I or may be others will answer your questions very soon.

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On 27/08/08 macnyak wrote:
> -what is the difference or significance of the 32bit from the 64bit
> versions of openSUSE? which one will be best to use for me?

Youyr celeron is 32bit, therefore you must use that. 64bit will not
install or run on your system.
>
> -how about the KDE or GNOME versions? what are the difference? which
> one is very good to use? are the 2 just themes or something?

They are different GUIs, like the difference between say Mac OS and
Vista. Gnome is more Vista-like IMO. It is purely a personal preference,
>
> -why is it that there is a boxed version of openSUSE that is for SALE
> for almost 60$ if i’m not mistaken? is it better than the ones free to
> be downloaded over the internet?

Same, some people prefer to have a physical copy.
>
> -can i install openSUSE in my laptop? NEO laptop with Intel Celeron M
> CPU 1.46Ghz, 1gig of RAM, 40gig hard drive. How can i install the
> drivers of the laptop because i heard that Linux Base OS’s don’t RUN
> .EXE files?

You don’t use the drivers provided with your laptop, they are for
Windows and useless under Linux. Hopefully OpenSUSE comes with all the
drivers you’ll need.
>
> -Windows use FAT32 and NTFS format. how can i open files from drive
> C:(NTFS format) if i partition the hard drive and have DRIVE D:(here i
> am planning to install openSUSE) how can i open my files from windows
> XP
You don’t install Linux on drive D:, which would be a Windows drive. It
gets installed in its own partititon. It can see and access your C:
drive on the same machine, but can’t write to it.

> with openSUSE even if the format if NTFS, Linux can open FAT format
> files is that correct?

Yes
>
> -how can i play my games in openSUSE like NBAlive2005,2008 and
> transformers, diablo, need for speed. x-men rise of apocalypse? are
> there GAMES for Linux equivalent to my favored GAMES?

Some of them have Linux equivalents, but mostly you’ll have to boot into
Windows. Some can be played under a Windows emulator such as Wine or
VMware Workstation.
>
> -what programming language must i learn to be able to create my own
> version of operating system? because i wonder how XP was created and
> so
> are the versions of LINUX base OS’s. or even a simple GAME, how to
> create it? what program to use for a beginner like me? is an operating
> system can be created by just one man?

Linux was created by just one man. But a working system is FAR more than
just an OS; other people generally write the drivers and applications
that make a useable system. You really should do some formal education
in computer science to write a whole OS. A simple game, well, there are
dozens of languages that could be used. I guess C++ is still the most
common, or a graphical enviroment such as Java.

Andrew C Taubman
Novell Support Forums Volunteer SysOp
http://forums.novell.com/
(Sorry, support is not provided via e-mail)

Opinions expressed above are not
necessarily those of Novell Inc.

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A FREE virtual machine for Windows VirtualBox get it here VirtualBox install in your windows and install your linux distros into it. You wont screw up your Windows partition exploring the linux installers, you can mount the ISO’s withuot having to burn them and its all free.

This is how I came to Suse from windows it was the best of the lot I tried.

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BoloMarkIII wrote:
> A FREE virtual machine for Windows VirtualBox get it here ‘VirtualBox’
> (http://www.virtualbox.org/) install in your windows and install your
> linux distros into it. You wont screw up your Windows partition
> exploring the linux installers, you can mount the ISO’s withuot having
> to burn them and its all free.

Even better - Install Linux on your machine and install Windows in a
VirtualBox VM. On my system, XP is faster as a guest under openSUSE
11.0 with 512 MB RAM using one 2.0 GHz cpu than it is when I run it as
host on a 3.0 GHz computer with 2 GB RAM. I don’t need to worry about
the idiosyncrasies of the Windows bootstrap and all my Windows only
programs are available without shutting down Linux.