On more to the pack

[ai]

So... Windows and MS finally blew my last fuse. I've now in two whole straight days been trying to install Linux, first Ubuntu but for some reason Grub gave me a hard time and my SATA hdd acted like an IDE in BIOS. I've been trying install Ubuntu myself at first from 08.00 to 23.00 with no luck. Next day I went to a friends place and he too couldn't fix this Grub problem. So out of actual options and no good available information on the Internet we went with openSUSE.
This got too this Grub problem but when I changed that the BIOS DIDN"T find the hard drive the OS would actually run.
Now when I plug my other SATA hdd in and try to boot the OS I get a black screen.

So after the second day coming to an end I still don't have a 100% functioning computer but at least I've left Windows (and openSUSE works as long as my other SATA is not plugged in). I will now only be using that for games and for work with Photoshop and alike.

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I have one question though, are some people familiar with this OS? As I have an ATI gfx card and I cannot seem to change it in the "Graphics and Monitor"-whatever section.

[Psychcf]

ok, openSUSE is a really bad linux OS imo.

anyways, look into super grub disk, I use that all the time for grub related problems...

http://supergrub.forjamari.linex.org/

[ai]

And why is it bad and which distros are good except for Ubuntu?

[:)]

openSUSE is fine. They've got some of the latest developments in their releases and 10.3 improved boot time quite nicely too.
try fedora and debian too.
all are top quality.
I would trust them with my life.

[nexbender]

If you want to get up and running in a fairly short time, and in the process actually learn enough about Linux to roll without a specific distro, you could give Archlinux a shot. As an added bonus, you'll develop secondary sex characteristics.

[Psychcf]

well I just don't like some of the choices they made. Then again, linux is customizable so...

Anyways, I'd go with ubuntu, fedora, or PCLinuxOS. Mandriva is good too.

[ai]

Well, while I'm at it I might as well try them all. At least I wanna try both Fedora and Debian. They both seems nice, also I'm a bit curious about Red Hat. But getting one with the most support would be best, and having and ATI card I know I will get some issues.

[:)]

the thing about Red Hat is that you don't want to use it at home.

Their releases favor stability over novelty, meaning that they try to get their system as reliable, and bug-free as possible, and introduce an infrequent release schedule to nail down that stability.

That's not to mean that distros with shorter release times are inherently unstable, they're quite stable enough for home users who aren't depending on their computers for mission-critical business applications for which system failure would cause loss of life or (more importantly) loss of money.
The benefit of distros with shorter release schedules (or rolling releases) is that it's easy to have the latest and (usually) the best versions of applications and system libraries which leads to self-fulfillment and great inner peace.,

The point is, stable distros are best for workstations and servers, not personal computers, so definitely give priority to fedora and debian in your testing. And archlinux is great if you like a rolling release schedule but are sane enough to stay away from Gentoo.

[C.Brutail]

No distrowar, but imho the one and only...


Debian.

Thank you.

[Psychcf]

No distrowar, but imho the one and only...


Debian.

Thank you.

I would have suggested that but it's a bit weird setting up since a graphical interface isn't installed by default. or has that changed since I last tried debian?