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

[ 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

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