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Ray Smith wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Ray Smith <rayjsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: 10/04/2007 13:43:38 > To: "LUG, Devon & Cornwall" <owner-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: OpenSuse 10.2 > > Am having problems with an install of the distro. > Burned the dvd and it verified ok. > At some point during the install I get an error about a missing package but wasn't > advised what. > Given option to abort continue or retry but retry did nothing, didnt want to abort > but continue bombed out to text shell menu with fatal error. > Had this with Suse 10 relating to bad media but this disk verified & seems to > compare with the iso ok. > Anyone else had problems with the install or has a good disk I might borrow. > wanted to try this before trying an ubuntu flavour as going wireless & it detected > my unbranded card with ralink drivers. > > Ray > > if you're happy with a kde desktop and you want a distro that'll probably detect all your hardware, wireless cards etc, out-of-the-box can I suggest PClinuxOS. It's built from Mandriva, which has an exceptional suite of configuration tools, but has replaced the Mandriva package installation software, rpm based, with apt-get/synaptic - the best of both worlds. pclos is really good at hardware detection. I've tried a few different distros, knoppix and mepis are good on the hardware, but knoppix really is a rescue tool with 15 different apps for accomplishing any task you can think of while I just don't like the "look 'n' feel" of mepis. pclos looks good with some customised graphics, (this is something I care about, even if REAL geeks spit on eye-candy), comes with what are for me pretty much all the apps I want and is the easiest to configure/use/update distro I've come across. I've been using it for around a year and have switched everything over to it since mandriva 2007 turned out to be not so good. It's really gained in popularity over the last few months according to distrowatch etc. I'm not trying to start distro wars here and I'm certainly not dissing anyones fave. Just that as someone's looking for a distro to install I felt I should bring this one to their attention as it is, IMHO, such an excellent product and one that might otherwise be overlooked. www.openaddict.com/review_of_pclinuxos_2007_beta2.html www.pclinuxos.com http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2005/12/pclinuxos-distribution-tailor-made-for.html OK, tub-thumping over. Sorry (well vaguely apologetic) Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html