“It took a while, but I finally downloaded the full DVD image
for Novell’s OpenSUSE 10.3. A single-CD install is also available,
but I wanted to have the full library of additional software
available to me, as well as all of the non-open source software not
included on the CD, so I braved hours of file sharing, all in the
name of ZDNet blogs.“OpenSUSE allows for upgrades through the regular installer, so
booting from the DVD and following the basic prompts was a
no-brainer. However, it wasn’t long before I was greeted with a
cryptic set of messages related to software dependencies…”