tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post6495182777027314251..comments2024-03-27T21:48:13.424-07:00Comments on Linux Grandma: The Adventure Begins!Valoriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-43219300800468708032010-04-04T03:40:58.869-07:002010-04-04T03:40:58.869-07:00This is the place to start looking if help is need...This is the place to start looking if help is needed:<br />http://forums.opensuse.org<br /><br />No anti-KDE4 attitude, open to everybody, friendly for both new and experienced users. Be welcome.<br /><br />Gertjan, a.k.a. Knurphtknurphthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02093941259484913769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-35711553979153784622010-03-31T19:31:56.380-07:002010-03-31T19:31:56.380-07:00Time using Linux -- I started using free/open alte...Time using Linux -- I started using free/open alternatives while still using Windows, because I knew eventually I would be moving to Linux. So OpenOffice, Mozilla and such were second nature by the time my son installed Mandrake alongside Win2K on my laptop. The only time I ever booted into Windows after that was to retrieve data I had forgotten to bring across, or test something such as wireless or sound. I've been using Linux ever since. When I first joined the Linuxchix, I was still using Windows, using mIRC for IRC. :-)<br />So it might not be quite 10 years, but getting close!Valoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08390727972738204487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-72522539458058936232010-03-31T18:28:36.504-07:002010-03-31T18:28:36.504-07:00You might also want to check out:
http://opensuse-...You might also want to check out:<br />http://opensuse-community.org/Welcome_to_openSUSE-Community.org<br /><br />They have good guides for getting multi-media set up on a default install. I'm currently using 11.2 (w/ Factory and Backports, as the other comments mentioned), but I never had to set up pulse audio or add myself to the audio group even w/ the default install. I do agree that getting multimedia for "restricted formats" on opensuse is far harder than I would like it to be.<br /><br />Also, as already mentioned, Yast pretty much rocks. It might take a bit if you're used to *buntu, but I rarely head down to the command line for basic configs anymore.<br /><br />And yes, Kate is not part of the default install, but Kwrite is, and I'm guessing it could have worked too (I cut my teeth on emacs and vi has always scared me).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02313051282904784819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-55942413760516594632010-03-31T08:04:19.095-07:002010-03-31T08:04:19.095-07:00Don't take it the wrong, way, I'm just cur...Don't take it the wrong, way, I'm just curious: you have really been using Linux for 10 years, or this was just an exaggeration?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733738354367172545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-62055854635404814072010-03-31T02:27:54.391-07:002010-03-31T02:27:54.391-07:00The problem most new users seem to have with openS...The problem most new users seem to have with openSUSE is the installation of updated packages. If you want to install KDE SC 4.4.2 and recent versions of amarok and other software, you have to add the KDE:/KDE4:/Factory/Desktop repository, not the unstable one, as that has a snapshot of KDE SC's trunk. Factory contains the latest stable KDE SC release most of the time. There are the playground and community KDE4 repos, which may be added in the correct flavour, in this case openSUSE 11.2 with KDE Factory. As to pulse: in a fresh install with KDE, pulse is not installed by default. that does not explain your group problem, but maybe doing an update uncoverd some kind of bug there. Maybe it's worth to report it to the bugtracker... <br /><br />Kate should be installed, however. if not, a simple "zypper in kate" will do it. <br /><br />There is the next problem: using packages found by the search page is not an ideal solution. One should always add the repo and install packages afterwards. as there are multiple KDE4 repos, as mentioned above, mixing them is a sure way to get in trouble. My advice would be to check your repositories for duplicates and make sure you only have one of the KDE flavours in there. "zypper lr" lists the repos and "zypper rr alias|number" removes the specified one. of course, this can be done in yast as well.<br /><br />On a personal note: the guys in #suse are not that bad. maybe, you were there on the wrong day. generally, as is to be expected in a distribution with KDE as the default DE, most people in there use KDE. Some bickering happens, but mostly in good humour.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5432566687488141671.post-63394157873461153152010-03-31T02:15:22.272-07:002010-03-31T02:15:22.272-07:00Glad to hear you are trying openSUSE ... here are ...Glad to hear you are trying openSUSE ... here are some links that would probably have helped<br />For upgrading amarok (and explaining the repository layout):<br />http://en.opensuse.org/KDE<br />http://en.opensuse.org/KDE/Repositories<br />Using Unstable is generally not recommended, Backports is probably what you wanted.<br /><br />The bug with the missing audio group is known, a suggestion to the casual user is to use YaST's User and Groups configuration instead of editing /etc/groups by hand to avoid accidentally messing it up.<br /><br />YaST is extremely powerful, you should try it :)<br /><br />Also pulseaudio is by default not enabled on SuSE11.2/KDE4, which explains some of the trouble you had, have a look at this page on the "standard" way to enable it. http://en.opensuse.org/PulseaudioDrPatrickohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11041304557269415293noreply@blogger.com