Tag Archive for 'opensuse'

Issues with OpenSUSE 11.3 and Samba.

I’m pretty sure I know the answer to this, but I don’t like it one bit.

So far the one big hiccup in my move to OpenSUSE has been with the Samba networking protocol. Though my NAS is plainly visible on my local network and all files held therein are easily accessible, for some reason I can’t stream video from it…

OpenSUSE 11.3 – my first impressions.

As it turns out, I couldn’t stand the wait.

Over the weekend I replaced my trusty installation of Linux Mint with the latest and greatest OpenSUSE. What follows are some first impressions — the best I can do right now as I’m still trying to figure everything out…

KDE 4.5, through my GNOME eyes.

So I’ve had a play with the KDE 4.5 Live CD and thought I’d share my first impressions, coloured by the fact that I’m currently using the GNOME desktop environment on my installation of Linux Mint. There’s also an available version of Mint with KDE, but my understanding is that it’s the latest release of OpenSUSE that provides the most up-to-date KDE experience.

Ready? Let’s do this…