Duke of URL: SuSE Linux 6.4 for PowerPC [Review] | Linux Today

Duke of URL: SuSE Linux 6.4 for PowerPC [Review]

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 5, 2000

[ Thanks to Patrick
Mullen
for this link. ]

“When I got the package in the mail the outside shell showed
what appeared to be a MacUser’s dream of Linux. 4CDs, tons of 3rd
party software. The ultimate office/home solution for Linux. It is,
but the troubles encountered during setup on two computers were not
worth the hassle.”

“First off, it looked nice–it appeared I could set up my hard
drive from the MacOS. I followed the easy to read manual’s
instructions. I was still forced to go to “Expert Setup” when
prompted about the disk even though I formatted one A/UX Root, one
A/UX Swap, and one small 30 MB slice to contain the boot
partition.”

“After about 3 hours I got it to partially run on my Beige Box
G3. It was nice except that I didn’t have root access because after
10+ installs; I still got an error message about not being able to
set the root password. This was a major hang-up, and this was not
the only install error. During install I got about five more vague
messages during each install attempt. The thing I was surprised to
see was full support of my MacAlly USB card. Then again, it uses
standard Apple drivers, so maybe that isn’t so amazing.”

Complete
Story

Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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