I know there are those who have been with Opensuse since it was S.U.S.E. I however didn’t get here until Suse 10.0 & used it off & on until Suse 10.2 & been with it solid ever since. At the time I started trying Linux the 1st one I tried was Suse 10.0 but I could never get the screen resolution I wanted in it. During this time there were 2 things that made an impression on me. First, was the forum community that kept answering my questions half ass & uninformed as they were. Of those a real standout when I first came here was oldcpu always informative & non-judgmental. The second was Yast the only thing close is the MCC in Mandriva or the PCC of its derivative PCLOS.
When I gave others a try Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, the aforementioned Mandriva, PCLOS, & even Linspire, I kept coming back to Suse.
Ubuntu, didn’t have the security of user & root.
Linspire was like Ubuntu, of course at the time I didn’t know why. I had no clue at the time what based on Debian meant.
Debian of course for those new to Linux was waaaaay toooo hard!
Mandriva & PCLOS while OK in an effort to make them simple effectively locked them up. If one doesn’t use something from their repos its use is either limited or useless.
Feodra, in their forums I had some tell me “It’s people like you that are ruining Linux go back to Windows where you belong!”
So I putzed along on Ubuntu & PCLOS while the 10.1 bad times were going on. Originally my thinking was I’d stay with PCLOS. Then when SUSE 10.2 came out I knew how to ask decent & informed questions especially those regarding video drivers which was my big problem with 10.0 & the screen res. Again the the same type of community informative, helpful, and a little(thanks to MattB) freewheeling & funny.
Now as I look back at those 3 years I’ve not used Windows at all haven’t really missed it. Overall, I’m not that much brighter than I was when I started. I’m not as smart as oldcpu but I still remember how helpful he was to me then(still is now) and I try to be as helpful now as he was to me then in the forum. However, if one is the LED that fell into box of streetlamps as I am, well I can be of some help.
Now called Opensuse it still has Yast it still has this community & Opensuse can still take anything I throw at it. Now with OBS I can throw even more at it. Even then it takes a lickin’ & still keeps tickin’ LONG LIVE OPENSUSE!!!
Looking forward to staying for a long while yet & having a lot of fun!
Looking forward to staying for a long while yet & having a lot of fun!
Likewise, thanks for sharing. I used to use openSUSE back in the 10.3-11.2 days. I switched off to Debian land for a while though but I am back as I am impressed with the 12.1 and 12.2 releases. Usually I feel the need to ping around to different desktop environments or distros but not so for a few months now that I am back. It seems like a good sign.
On 2012-08-20 10:46, Sagemta wrote:
> I know there are those who have been with Opensuse since it was S.U.S.E.
S.u.S.E. >:-)
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Cheers / Saludos,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” (Minas Tirith))
On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:46:02 +0000, Sagemta wrote:
> I know there are those who have been with Opensuse since it was S.U.S.E.
There are probably some who have been with openSUSE since it was
Slackware. 
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C
On 22/08/12 00:47, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:46:02 +0000, Sagemta wrote:
>
>> I know there are those who have been with Opensuse since it was S.U.S.E.
>
> There are probably some who have been with openSUSE since it was
> Slackware.
>
> Jim
>
>
>
It’s been a while.
It’s fading, but 8* something rings a bell
On Tue, 21 Aug 2012 23:47:22 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 08:46:02 +0000, Sagemta wrote:
>
>> I know there are those who have been with Opensuse since it was
>> S.U.S.E.
>
> There are probably some who have been with openSUSE since it was
> Slackware.
>
> Jim
Yeah. I miss Slackware.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:17:34 +0000, Bob Crandell wrote:
> Yeah. I miss Slackware.
It’s still around. 
Jim
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Jim Henderson
openSUSE Forums Administrator
Forum Use Terms & Conditions at http://tinyurl.com/openSUSE-T-C
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:17:34 +0000, Bob Crandell wrote:
>
>> Yeah. I miss Slackware.
>
> It’s still around.
>
> Jim
>
Yep, one way or another. I just found my original ‘Linux Slackware 96’ Four
Disc Set.
It’s probably too late for the “…one year unconditional guarantee.”
On 08/23/2012 06:17 PM, Bob Crandell wrote:
> Yeah. I miss Slackware.
its still at the same old place, go get it!
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dd
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 19:03:37 +0000, dd wrote:
> On 08/23/2012 06:17 PM, Bob Crandell wrote:
>> Yeah. I miss Slackware.
>
> its still at the same old place, go get it!
>
> http://www.slackware.com/
I’m having a tough time getting Groupwise running on it.
On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:46:39 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:17:34 +0000, Bob Crandell wrote:
>
>> Yeah. I miss Slackware.
>
> It’s still around.
>
> Jim
I switched from Slackware to SuSE because that was the distribution Novell
used. I was pleasantly surprised that I didn’t have to sacrifice any
speed doing so - unlike my experience with Redhat.
I am new to the environment and so far, best thing since cheesecake. I have used Fedora quite a bit and still it but I am finding SUSE to be a better fit for me.
Welcome to the forum! 
I’ve been using OpenSuse since version 9, when it was SUSE, I brought the boxed professional edition from my local Waterstones. It came with these thick manuals which I’ve still got. Have used it and other Linux distros for about a decade now. I have my custom made programmers remix of 12.1 in my drawer, which uses IceWM as the window manager for my slow, clunky PC.