I am brand new to Linux but am committed to switching from XP as soon as I can. I have been trying out openSuSE 11.0 KDE on the Live CD. It has had some problems finding some hardware, drivers, my network, etc. on my HP dv6000 series laptop. I ran a Live DVD of another distro, Sabayon, and since the thing is loaded with all kinds of 3rd party stuff, it finds everything on my dv6000 - wireless, everything. It finds my current XP partition and my network as well. Great. But.
I’d prefer to use openSuSE for several reasons: community, support, repositories, YaST…
A question, then. Does the installation DVD for openSuSE have a similar full complement of extras as a Sabayon-style DVD?
As I said, I’m new, and I need to hopefully be up and running as quickly as I can to continue with my work. I am more than willing to get my hands dirty, read the man pages and try things out for a long time to come, but it would really help to have it just run (or close to it) out of the box to keep up with work flow.
Does anyone know what more I’ll get with the DVD? I’ve looked but have not found an answer anywhere yet.
Thank you all, and I’ll see you soon.
tony