Linux has definitely come a long long way. I remember myself struggling to install a Red Hat Linux Distro waay back in my 10th standard in school. I always messed it up somehow..and many times I ended up blowing up my windows partition and loosing all my data. At one time I was scared to look at a Linux distro. It was hell to get the X running..searching for details like the Display Card manufacturer, the resolution my monitor supported and stuff. But gone are those days..its time for the new Linux..a very slick..and a user friendly Linux. I had FC 9 just before installing Open Suse 11.0. I got it along with the Linux For You magazine and the when I looked at the chameleon on the cover page..I just HAD to install it (even though I had installed FC9 just a few weeks back). Anyways..the installation is simple and fast. Newbies who are scared of partitioning their systems need not worry..all they need to do is have some free space on their hard drives..the installation would automatically detect it and ask your permission to use it (like all the other distros that you get these days). Anyways the installation is pretty fast..and you get started right away. There is no need for any driver CD. This is why all the Linux distros are simply really cool to work with. Once the installation is complete..everything is set. You just log in and thats it..you have the internet..the sound..the office suite..its all set to go. Anyways you have the option of a new version of KDE..the 4.0. However, I did face some difficulties while in that environment. I had to switch back to GNOME and its flawless..my desktop effects are working nicely and I shamelessly played on it like a li'l kid..and showed it to mom. She however asked me to grow up!! Its really tough to find like-minded ppl for me. Anyways I just had to enable the wireless connection to get my WLAN working. I havent checked out the package manager..as yet..guess I'll go play with it now.
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