openSUSE 11.1 - TechRepublic

openSUSE 11.1

  • openSUSE 11.1 GNOME

    Here’s the GNOME version.

  • openSUSE 11.1 Control Panel (Yast2)

    The YAST2 control panel is comprehensive, as always.

  • openSUSE 11.1 Applications List

    openSUSE DVD is packed full of apps. This scrolls for about 5 pages.

  • opensuse 11.1 Problems with Nomad

    By default, the Nomad remote access isn’t set up correctly. You need to install the XRDP server for it to work, and you need a 32-bit (24-bit with alpha channel) X.org driver for your graphics card with compositing extensions enabled on the Linux client.

  • opensuse 11.1 Nomad working with updated nVidia

    Here’s Nomad when it’s working. I’m connected to a RDP 5 session on an Amazon compute cluster set up by Novell.

  • Nomad working on XP SP 3 with RDP 6 Client

    Nomad works with the Windows XP or Vista RDP 6 client. The old Remote Desktop Connection client won’t work.

  • Default firewall settings blocks SAMBA

    Many services don’t work on OpenSUSE out of the box, such as SAMBA. The default firewall settings are very aggressive, so you might want to turn it off at first. SAMBA’s smbd and nmbd also needs to be enabled as well.

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