OpenSUSE 10.2 x86-64

Posted on January 5, 2007

We got a new toy - OpenSUSE 10.2 x86-64 bit recently. OpenSUSE was released last month. OpenSUSE 10.2 can be downloaded as a DVD or as a set of 5 CDs for x86, x86-64 and PPC architectures. There are also two additional CDs that you can download, one that contains language packs and the other one for non-open-source software.

Hardware:

Desktop Model: Dell Precision 490
Memory: 4Gb RAM
Processor: Intel Xeon 3.0GHz
Hard Disk Drive: 3 (1 x 80GB, 2 x 250 GB)
Display Card: NVidia NV44 / Quadro NVS285
Monitor: Dell 2007FP 21″ LCD
Network Interface Card: 2 x Nextreme BCM5721 & BCM5752 Ethernet)

Installation:

I didn’t have any problems downloading(I use DVD), burning, and installing.
OpenSUSE’s installer is quite impressive, everything go smoothly and all hardware’s are auto detected.

Application:

OpenSUSE 10.2 x86_64 come withKernel 2.6.18.2-34-default, Gnome, OpenOffice 2.0.4, Firefox 2.0.3, GIMP 2.2.13 and many more, just choose what you want to install.

Desktop:

Personally I prefer Gnome desktop, I like Gnome Menu.

3D Desktop(Berly/XGL/Compiz):

It’s not working by default, add additional YAST package repositories and download the Nvidia drivers to make it work.

Remote Desktop:

installed rDesktop and Terminal Server Client (tsclient)
tested(remote access) working fine on few Windows XP & Windows 2003 Server

Networking:

Running Bridge Networking(eth0 & eth1).

brctl addbr mybridge
brctl stp mybridge on
brctl addif mybridge eth0
brctl addif mybridge eth1
ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 up
ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0 up
echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward
dhclient mybridge

eth0 connected to physical network port & eth1 connected to my laptop due to limited network port near to my cubicle.
make sure your firewall configure correctly.