New to Linux. I'm not impressed : 4134

Mandy

Mandee,

I hope this isn't how you deal with everything that doesn't work for you the first time. Most people start with something like "I'm trying this and it's not working for me. Can someone help?" Most places I frequent would have ripped you to shreds or filtered you out as a troll for 3 reasons:

1. Most people don't have nearly as many problems as you have described. Sounds more like a setup for a troll posting than actual experience.

2. Most people are more focused on fixing things than taking cheap shots.

3. Most people are nicer about the whole thing.

Fortunately, this is a more forgiving group than most.

I am running 9.3 on an AMD 2500+ w-nVidia graphics and am not having any of the issues you describe. My only issue is with a card reader that isn't working, but between me and Google, I'll have it working tonight, or know what I have to do to get it working. Before yesterday, I was running 9.2 with the same level of satisfaction.

With that said, if you really are having that many issues, then there is something wrong, and it's not all SuSE. If it was, there'd be more people like you than people like me (happy users). If you don't have the patience or inclination to work through this, then find a geek who would look at it as a challenge to show you that SuSE isn't the piece of crap you've described.

First thing you should do is turn off hyperthreading as others have mentioned. Besides possibly being a cause for instability, it has recently been shown to be a security risk. This goes double if you're going to run Windows on the box.

Secondly, check in yast, and see if DMA is on for your hard drive (you'll find it under Hardware). If it's not, turn it on. If that is off, you'll really see things slow down. Since Knoppix is running out of memory, it wouldn't be affected by it.

I have set up another PC like mine with XP (for my wife - I haven't converted her yet, still working on it), and there was a lot more work involved getting everything to work than with Linux. Different hardware will obviously give different results, but the answers are out there, and it's well worth the effort. Not only will you have an OS that is stable, functional, and easy on the eyes, you may also learn something.

There was a lot of info missing from your first post, such as the make-model of your PC (if it's built from parts, what parts) and the model of your graphic card, which version of nVidia drivers you installed (different drivers have issues with different cards).

I'm not just trying to take you task, I'm willing to help you work this out.

Reply with more details about your hardware, turn off hyperthreading and check the DMA on your hard drive.

If you really have no interest in making this work, but only wanted to vent, then I'd be willing to take your copy of 9.3 off your hands. It should be somewhere that it is wanted and appreciated. :-)

If you'll excuse me, I've got a card reader to fix. :-)

John