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OpenSUSE Leap 15 — an early look
Work on Leap 15 is underway. There was a short discussion on the factory mailing list, beginning HERE. Two months after my last status update Leap 15 is almost rolling. Following SLE 15 I’d like to...
View ArticleHandling multiple openSUSE version with UEFI
There are times when you want to have several versions of openSUSE on the same computer. For example, on one of my computers I have: openSUSE Leap 42.3 (this is what I mainly use); openSUSE Tumbleweed...
View ArticleTumbleweed install for Jan. 2018
There have been several Tumbleweed snapshots over the last few days. But today we saw the first with a 2018 snapshot date. So I decided to do a test install. Downloading As usual, I used “aria2c” to...
View ArticleGeckoLinux 423.180105 — a review
[Note: please see addendum at the end of this post.] Gecko Linux is based on openSUSE. The new release was just announced, so I thought I would give it a try. The version number 423.180105, indicates...
View ArticleGeckoLinux has been updated to 180107
Yesterday, I reported on GeckoLinux. And I found a few problems. I’m happy to say that the maintainer noticed my report, and has provided an updated release 423.180107 to correct those problems....
View ArticleA Tumbleweed install, and notes on Leap 15.0
Since my last post on Leap 15.0, Build 139.1 was released. It was time for a new install, so I downloaded the iso. And then I installed to a virtual machine. I ran into some interesting bugs. It told...
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My Tumbleweed install for December
I have not been doing monthly Tumbleweed installs for a while. But this month I have done several, for various reasons. I will report on the most interesting install. Well, at least, the install...
View ArticleA look at Solus 4.0
A few days ago, I saw the announcement of Solus 4.0. Or, more accurately, I saw the listing at Distrowatch, and followed their link to the announcement. I had been watching for this. I’ve been...
View ArticleAn update on openSUSE installs
On my last post about Tumbleweed installs, I noted two serious problems: installs using the live media do not work correctly; a weak password encryption method is used. I have since done some more...
View ArticleSolus 4.1 — a review
Solus 4.1 was released in January. Here is the release announcement. I have experimented with Solus since release 1.0 in 2015. I like the simple elegance of its desktop. On the other hand, I would...
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