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Hi Kevin

Well I keep coming back to Suse and the GM version and 10.0 is
version of my choice.
Scsi--can't help u there but someone will if you need it

Bittorrent or anydownload..ok..but stay away from the main Suse
ftp. Try to use one of the US sites...the main site is way to slow.
Work with kenerl.org or whatever they call it or ale.***

Just do a search for suse mirrors.

After the intitial download of the iso and the making of the disk
the install should only take about an hour or so...

When u get to the point of the gmfsk install yak at me...have the
pitfalls down pat and there are a couple.

Good luck ya got my address...and to answer ur question about the
harley starter...nope not in my closet..

Dave(ve3ixi)


--- In linuxham@..., "Kevin der Kinderen"
<kkinderen@...> wrote:

I've decided to install Linux on my system. There's a good chance

I'm going

to have some problems and hope this group will help me through

some of them.

Reasons for going to Linux...

* Enjoyed it in the past.
* Bored with XP.
* Want to learn C++, use Perl and get back into some real geek

stuff.

* Want to relearn Cacti and work with other network management

tools (for

work).
* May host my web site at home.


This is the current plan...

* Create a dual boot system. I have a 16 GB SCSI drive with XP

installed and

a 200 GB EIDE drive that has most of my data files (documents,

pictures,

music, etc). The 200 GB drive will be native Suse Linux 10.0.
* Backup all files from the 200 GB drive.
* Downloading Suse (SUSE-10.0EvalDVD-i386-GM.iso) using BitTorent.

Have a

bunch more hours to go before it's complete.
* Install Suse on the 200 GB drive, get network setup and

download/install

any updates. Create a single, non-admin user account for daily

use.

* Install ham related software such as gMFSK.


Questions so far:

* Am I getting a decent distro? It seems to be popular. I know

this is a

loaded question, so I'm not asking if this is the best... just

good enough?

* How does the plan look?
* Does Suse create appropriate partitions or will it treat the

whole 200 GB

drive as a single drive? I'm used to creating /home on a separate

partition.

I'm thinking 150 GB for /home and 50 GB for all others.
* Besides gMFSK, what other recommended ham-related software

should I look

at. Logging?
* Any other "must-have" software?

73,
Kev - K4VD

My personal preference for a development / ham platform is Debian. Mostly because it is maintained by a distributed group of geeks who will never charge for the distro. Secondly the upgrades are seamless and you can even update the OS without a reboot required. I have been using Debian for 7 months now without a hickup, and I really bash the system around with all of my development.

Suse is a very stable commercial distribution of Linux. I have used it in the past. Dave (ve3ixi) has more recent experience with that distro.

Nearly all of the modern linux distributions allow you to choose the simple install (greedy, I get the whole disk) kind of a thing, or one in which you pick and choose what, how and where to install things. I maintain a separate partition for the usr directory and also a separate partition for the home directory. I also have a second HD with a mirror image of the OS, usr and home directories. Am I paranoid or what? I backup from the primary to secondary on a weekly basis.

Check out the links on the linuxham site.

Dave (hkj)