openSUSE 11.1 Beta 5  beta

Publisher's Description:

openSUSE provides everything today's Linux user needs for home computing and computing-on-the-go. This product includes a Linux operating system plus dozens of essential integrated tools that showcase the latest that open source has to offer.

Latest User Reviews:

Reviewer:	zridling	Nov 12, 2008
Version:	11.1 Beta 5
Best installation sequence in the biz, bar none, even OS X. Everyone's ATI is horked because ATI hasn't updated their drivers for x.org 7.4 yet. I'd like openSUSE a lot better if it didn't come with its own crapped-up version of OpenOffice. Ironically, the one thing to like about openSUSE is that it's infrequently updated, unlike the 6-month schedule for many other distros.
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Reviewer:	DudeBoyz	Nov 12, 2008
Version:	11.1 Beta 5
For whatever reason, Beta 5 will not function after install into a VirtualBox 2.0.4 Virtual Machine, so I cannot really contribute anything meaningful for Beta 5. I got Beta 3 and 4 to work ok on two separate systems, but Beta 5 is a No-Go on those same systems. It installs and then that's it. Trying to navigate the interface with mouse or keyboard simply doesn't work. I don't think it's fair to totally hammer the release, but I certainly can't praise it over Beta 3 and Beta 4, so an average score of 3 is the best I can come up with in terms of a solution.
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Reviewer:	netean	Nov 12, 2008
Version:	11.1 Beta 5
I downloaded this as a live cd the other day. nicer to run than ubuntu as it just boots (not questions asked). even though it's kde (like Kubuntu) it's somehow nicer the the latter. I really like it, it seems very fast, even running from disc. The only problem I encountered was that I couldn't find any way to connect my wifi.. Nothing was obvious. I looked and looked and looked but i just couldn't find anything Despite all that I do like it... pity it's still linux though - and all that baggage that it carries with it (poor installers/uninstallers, esoteric file structure and STILL a shed load of stuff that has to be done via the CLI) But... suse and kde4 was very nice.
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Reviewer:	improvelence	Nov 3, 2008
Version:	11.1 Beta 4
Easy to install, but I have always ran into little annoyances and inconveniences with Suse that are not present in Ubuntu. ATI support is terrible.
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Reviewer:	Martok-08	Nov 1, 2008
Version:	11.1 Beta 4
If you people can't navigate through a few little problems, you should not download SUSE or any other Linux for that matter. It's not for you. Stick to Windoze DudeBoyz, Can you give me an example of ANY linux OS that has worked perfectly out of the box? SUSE 10.3 was just as much a nightmare as any others. The scariest part of SUSE is that you can see the influence of NOVELL all over it and it's getting worse. SUSE is a nice toy for a bored geek, or as one search reveals on SUSE "Nice kid, Bad parents" It will never be mainstream, until someone produced a version that is windows compatible that doesn't require you to wear a tinfoil hat shaped like a sail boat and tape wire clothes hangars all over your body then balance yourself on a beach ball just to figure out why the simple things don't work. Trust me. If you are an average user, stick to windoze. You will spend an eternity fine tuning SUSE.
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