On Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:53:17 +0530, Linux Tyro wrote: (...)
> However, I have not understood the meanings of all these packages (this > is what people say here), I guess, openSUSE is good to start with. > While, Debian too could be a rock solid, but I don't know why I am going > to try (with a Live CD) both - openSUSE as well as Debian. By trying both LiveCDs you will see how the two system look like, how they're organized and the most important part for a LiveCD: you'll can try out the hardware detection. > A general con with the any Linux distro is that it needs to be learned a > little to get it work perfectly. The general cons with Windows are that > it is highly unsecured, easy to attack and nothing as resourceful as in > Linux. The pros with any Linux system are that these are resistant to > any of the viruses and highly resourceful to get out of these! Before installing Debian, I left one of my spare systems loaded with a LiveCD for some time to start getting in touch with the system (a LiveCD also allows you to install software applications, although "disk" space is somehow limited). At the time I installed openSUSE (2003) there was not such option called "LiveCD" so I had to blindly install the OS without testing it before so nowadys you have a great advantage ;-) (...) > This is not a problem for a single home user because I think even if the > period is of 18 months, one (here 'I') can learn at least some basics of > Linux, and after 18 months can install/upgrade the newer version and > then for next 18 months - again it is safe. The basic fundamental of the > newer upgraded version too would remain the same as that of the one with > was it got replaced, please let me know if it is like that....mean am I > correct in this sense....? I don't understand this :-? In openSUSE (as in other distributions) you have the chance to: 1/ Perform a full install (from scratch) 2/ Perform a mid-install (by keeping your /home partition, if available) 3/ Perform an offline upgrade (by booting from a DVD/CD install media) 4/ Perform an online upgrade (from a running system) Option 4/ has been added recently and is officialy supported when upgrading from one version to the next one (that is, you can jump from 11.3 to 11.4). > And that's why I go for its trial on the coming Sunday. I wish you the best of the lucks. Feel free to come here if you finally don't find yourself confortable with openSUSE but I'm sure you will do. They also have a great and supportive user community :-) > I am thankful to all of you who told the great experiences, these all > are useful for me for everyone so that as a matter of generality, only > the accurate facts are known. As a matter of great interest, I am sure > (100%) that whatever distro (either Debian or openSUSE) I use, I am far > better in the long run as compared to Windows (which I don't want to use > only because of security). Choosing between openSUSE and Debian is a very easy decision: whichever you finally select you will win :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.28.15.24...@gmail.com
