LWN: Comments on "SUSE LINUX 9.2 on AMD64"

SUSE LINUX 9.2 on AMD64

ranger — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 15:21:31 +0000

And although the development of SUSE LINUX is still done mostly behind closed doors, it is amazing to see that the 64-bit edition of SUSE LINUX is now available for free download, while the 64-bit edition of Mandrakelinux is not.

Surely you mean:

And although the development of SUSE LINUX is still done mostly behind closed doors, it is amazing to see that the ISO images for the 64-bit edition of SUSE LINUX are now available for free download, while the ISO images for the 64-bit edition of Mandrakelinux are not.

Or, you're FUD'ing in this article (I guess this is the case, since 10.1 amd64 is available on the mirrors), or lying in the previous one in this series.

Of course, I note that Mandrakelinux commercial versions obviously ship with non-free software (which SuSE doesn't really care about, they ship proprietary software everywhere), but you didn't review that version ...

Forgive the cynicism, but this series appears to be yet another Ladislav-bashing-Mandrakesoft-at-every-opportunity series

SUSE LINUX 9.2 on AMD64

evgeny — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:04:53 +0000

Interestingly, after installing FlashPlayer (the plugin was found in /usr/lib/browser-plugins), Flash animations were displayed correctly in Konqueror, but not in Firefox.

Hmm, do you read comments to your articles? Previously, you stated it wouldn't be possible; I corrected you; and now you're surprised...

Extending SUSE Linux even further

zmi — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 18:31:34 +0000

Don't forget to visit http://packman.links2linux.de/ after installing
SUSE Linux: There's lots of stuff especially for multimedia which is not
available from SUSE, and most new packages of course. It's even possible
to enter Packman into YaST, so you can automatically download new tools.

Selection of 32bit or 64bit installation

stuart_hc — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 12:33:27 +0000

The only nitpick we had with the installer was the fact that it did not give us a choice between a 32-bit or a 64-bit system

There is a choice, but its less than obvious. From the boot menu hit F7 then select 32bit or 64bit installation.