I have been playing around with OpenSUSE KDE. I find myself removing all of the KDE applications and using the GTK programs I am used to (Pidgin, Banshee, etc.). So I think it makes more sense for me to install the Gnome version (which I like). I have been running Ubuntu and have a separate home partition. Can I use this partition as my OpenSUSE home or am I asking for problems (If so is there anything I should delete)? Should I just start fresh? I have everything backed up on an external hard drive. I may need some assistance this weekend (mostly with wife, she is going to be very excited about this…)
Yes, openSUSE and Ubuntu can share the /home partition. The settings for each user will carry over. I can’t think of any problems rising from this, it’s one good reason to have a /home partition.
Rifester wrote:
> I have been playing around with OpenSUSE KDE. I find myself removing
> all of the KDE applications and using the GTK programs I am used to
> (Pidgin, Banshee, etc.). So I think it makes more sense for me to
> install the Gnome version (which I like). I have been running Ubuntu
> and have a separate home partition. Can I use this partition as my
> OpenSUSE home or am I asking for problems (If so is there anything I
> should delete)? Should I just start fresh? I have everything backed
> up on an external hard drive. I may need some assistance this weekend
> (mostly with wife, she is going to be very excited about this…)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rifester
>
>
you don’t have to start over at all…just
-open YaST
-go Software Management
-spin the Filter (at the top) from “Search” to “Patterns”
-find the “Graphical Environments” section
-left click to add a checkmark to GNOME Base System and Desktop
Environment [note they may already be checked, maybe]
-[my advice, leave all of everything else ALONE, for example, do not
uncheck KDE, etc]
-click “Accept” on the lower right
-make tea, go for a walk, take a nap…it won’t take SO long but if
networks conditions are crowded it might take half and hour…do NOT
inturrept it…
when YaST is finished:
-right click desktop
-select and left click Log out
-DO NOT Reboot…is not required!
-look in lower left corner of green for “Sessions” and pick Gnome,
then sign in again…
now your user will always launch into Gnome, until you once again
visit the Sessions area and select something else…and, then that
something else will be the default…
you might have your default as KDE (or XFCE or or or) and your wife
her’s as Gnome…
by the way, you can run kde apps in Gnome, and vice versa
The one problem you can run into is using the same user and having distros with different versions of the same software with incompatible config files. I have had this happen once and it was bad enough that I now give each distro a single partition (/) and have a separate data partition which I mount into ~/ using fstab.
The switch has been made! My wife has graciously put up with my being away this weekend to get the system up in running. I have managed to get wireless working and most of my preferred applications installed. I have a few OpenSUSE specific questions:
How do updates work? Will I get a notification
What does the Backup system function in YAST do? What does it back up? I could not find documentation…
I have a Broadcom 4312 Wireless card and had to install the Broadcom desktop kernel to get it to work… It now shows up as a log in option, how do I make OpenSUSE log into this kernel automatically?
A few application questions:
I really like Shotwell (but I do not have the skills to compile the newest version), how can I get the latest version?
When the new version of Banshee comes out (with the Amazon store), how do I upgrade Banshee or will this occur in updates?
Thanks for your help, I really like the kind people on this forum, I am glad to be away from the other operating system. If my life with OpenSUSE continues in a positive manner I will be switching my netbook over next!
New version of Banshee might not be put in the update repo immediately but it should usually be available on one of the OBS repos…
One tip I can give you for finding out softwares for openSUSE is to search in http://software.opensuse.org There are few advanced search options like searching in user’s home projects - which might give you better results…
Banshee 1.7.3 is in the Banshee stable repo, however, I’ve been having problems here. The gpg key seems to have expired and I haven’t been able to contact the people maintaing the project to get this corrected. You might have to wait a few days.
Banshee 1.7.3 is in the Banshee stable repo, however, I’ve been having problems here. The gpg key seems to have expired and I haven’t been able to contact the people maintaing the project to get this corrected. You might have to wait a few days.
Yes, I mean a boot option, If I allow OpenSUSE to boot by itself I cannot use my wireless. I have to manually select the Desktop selection… Is there a way to make it automatically boot into this? NOTE: I figured out how to correct this… Is the link you sent me to install Shotwell Version 6.1? And yes I am from Columbus!
I have installed the latest version of Banshee and have everything set up and running well… I cannot seem to find an answer to this question but know I have read the answer on the forum some where… What repositorys should I have enabled in 11.3??? Should I disable Packman now that I have added what I need from it? What about the MAIN repositories? Thanks, I am very pleased with my set up and just don’t want anything to go wrong.
All you’ll usually need are the main, update and Packman repos. Addding additional repos (e.g., factory) can lead to conflicts. If you add others, be sure you know what you’re doing.
