New Linux Project! LinoSuse

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After getting tired of the Ubuntu project and their constant updates. I ended up canning Ubuntu as the base of my distro.

However a new project has been started. It is basically the same as Linobuntu but instead of being based on Ubuntu it is now Suse based.

This was chosen due to having shorter release cycles. I am more commited than ever as I plan to eventually fully migrate both my desktop, laptop and server to Suse and OpenSuse.

If it all goes according to plan this build will have both 32bit and 64bit version available. With both KDE and GNOME releases.
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If anyone would like to contribute in anyway you are more than Welcome. So far I am looking for bootup and a logo.

I would love a wallpaper/bootup that said LinoSuse. With a seperate small round logo that has a fancy L and S on it.
 
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Linobuntu / LinoSuse.

Howzit Boet!

Im interested. Very.
BUT...
I have a request:
BG -> I have a Dell Optiplex GX240 CURRENTLY running PCLinuxOS. I have an ATI Radeon 9200SE. Ive tried, many times, to install the ATI driver, but because of the VERSION of XORg PCL uses, I cant. It quits as the check.sh script cannot find XOrg (version is too high). Take note that I successfully installed the driver on every Ubuntu release up to 8.08.

My req --> what version of Suse will you start with? Im asking cos I want to know if Ill be able to use the 8.28.8 fglrx driver....
Also, I tried downloading Linobuntu, but I eventually tired of the many parts. Had to redownload 4 parts cos they were corrupted in the tansfer... Please try giving us a ful ISO, if its not too much to ask for. AND STAY AWAY FROM RAPIDSHARE!! :)

Also, CONGRATS on being one of the first truly SA distros. Im willing to help with whatever you may need, within the confines of my limited intelligence :)
 
cbrunsdonza said:
Never tried it but will keep my eye on your distro - sounds cool.
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Thank You!

Tinuva said:
So what do you provide in your distro over and above the distr you base it on?
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ingeon said:
So is it like an ultimate edition, but going to use suse at the root?
That could be great
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nic777 said:
Weren't the constant updates a good thing? :) I.e. security fixes, new features
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Some very good questions.

Obviously it is basically a customised version of OpenSuse/Suse. For that reason only so much can be changed. It is more aimed at being an "out of the box" running distro for people who want a system that just works.

Rather a more complete package.

Constant updates are a good thing, however redoing a distro every 6 months like Ubuntu was too time consuming. I opted for OpenSuse as a base thus it can be updated by the official repository without any problems. Thus it is 100% compatible with the original product.

Even nicer is if someone installs LinoSuse 1.0 which is based on OpenSuse 11.1 and they want to upgrade to lets say OpenSuse 12, they can do it without any data loss. This was not something I could achieve with Ubuntu.


online14230 said:
Howzit Boet!

Im interested. Very.
BUT...
I have a request:
BG -> I have a Dell Optiplex GX240 CURRENTLY running PCLinuxOS. I have an ATI Radeon 9200SE. Ive tried, many times, to install the ATI driver, but because of the VERSION of XORg PCL uses, I cant. It quits as the check.sh script cannot find XOrg (version is too high). Take note that I successfully installed the driver on every Ubuntu release up to 8.08.

My req --> what version of Suse will you start with? Im asking cos I want to know if Ill be able to use the 8.28.8 fglrx driver....
Also, I tried downloading Linobuntu, but I eventually tired of the many parts. Had to redownload 4 parts cos they were corrupted in the tansfer... Please try giving us a ful ISO, if its not too much to ask for. AND STAY AWAY FROM RAPIDSHARE!! :)

Also, CONGRATS on being one of the first truly SA distros. Im willing to help with whatever you may need, within the confines of my limited intelligence :)
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Thank you for your compliment. They are some other truly SA distros. However they have many people working for them, where I am just one person.

Currently LinoSuse 1 will be based on OpenSuse 11.1
 
Hey linoman, first off I'm willing to help if I can.

Second question, how are you going to go about building your distro? I have played with the LFS project (Have not finished my distro yet) based on OpenSuse 11.0
 
Veroland said:
Hey linoman, first off I'm willing to help if I can.

Second question, how are you going to go about building your distro? I have played with the LFS project (Have not finished my distro yet) based on OpenSuse 11.0
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I actually started with LFS however it proved too tiresome and needs a lot of time. However I am now using Suse Studio to build it
 
Veroland said:
Hey linoman, first off I'm willing to help if I can.

Second question, how are you going to go about building your distro? I have played with the LFS project (Have not finished my distro yet) based on OpenSuse 11.0
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It is not a distro, it is just a custom SuSE installation, nothing more.

If you want to build a distro then you should take care of the entire package, including repositories, package manager and whatnot.
:)
 
MyWorld said:
It is not a distro, it is just a custom SuSE installation, nothing more.

If you want to build a distro then you should take care of the entire package, including repositories, package manager and whatnot.
:)
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True but at least it is an attempt
 
Im not the biggest fan of SuSe.... even though I have installed 100`s of systems.. but hey.. Ill support this!.. in words only though. Good luck Linoman!
 
  1. Currently up for testing:
  2. LinoSuse 0.0.1 Gnome Edition. (32bit)
  3. The packages included are the following:
  4. Action
  5. Name
  6. Version
  7. Size
  8. Repository
  9. Popularity
  10. - remove MozillaFirefox
  12. 3.0.5-1.1 3.2 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  13. 100%
  14. - remove flash-player
  16. 10.0.32.18-0.1.1 19 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  17. 62%
  18. - remove yast2-live-installer 2.17.2-1.21 84.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  19. 59%
  20. - remove yast2-qt 2.17.23-1.5 957.5 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  21. 58%
  22. - remove OpenOffice_org-writer
  24. 3.1.0.6-1.1 13.7 MB OpenOffice STABLE
  25. 55%
  26. - remove sax2-gui
  28. 8.1-542.11.1 3.4 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  29. 53%
  30. - remove OpenOffice_org-calc
  32. 3.1.0.6-1.1 17.1 MB OpenOffice STABLE
  33. 51%
  34. - remove gimp 2.6.2-2.18 23.5 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  35. 48%
  36. - remove OpenOffice_org-impress
  38. 3.1.0.6-1.1 8 MB OpenOffice STABLE
  39. 46%
  40. - remove OpenOffice_org-draw
  42. 3.1.0.6-1.1 162.1 KB OpenOffice STABLE
  43. 43%
  44. - remove dvd+rw-tools 7.1-35.31 354.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  45. 41%
  46. - remove ntfs-3g 1.5012-2.10 346.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  47. 38%
  48. - remove gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good
  50. 0.10.10-3.22.1 2.4 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  51. 34%
  52. - remove OpenOffice_org-base
  54. 3.1.0.6-1.1 7 MB OpenOffice STABLE
  55. 30%
  56. - remove pidgin
  58. 2.5.1-3.12.2 3 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  59. 30%
  60. - remove OpenOffice_org-math
  62. 3.1.0.6-1.1 743 KB OpenOffice STABLE
  63. 29%
  64. - remove gstreamer-0_10-plugins-base
  66. 0.10.21-2.21.2 1.9 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  67. 27%
  68. - remove gstreamer-utils 0.10.21-3.11 100.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  69. 27%
  70. - remove k3b 1.0.5-48.22 11.3 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  71. 24%
  72. - remove java-1_6_0-sun
  74. 1.6.0.u15-0.1.1 89.5 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  75. 24%
  76. - remove vorbis-tools 1.1.1-172.78 828.1 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  77. 24%
  78. - remove gstreamer-0_10-schroedinger 1.0.5-2.19 104.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  79. 23%
  80. - remove audacity
  82. 1.3.5-49.12.1 8.6 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  83. 20%
  84. - remove gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good-extra
  86. 0.10.10-3.22.1 298.7 KB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  87. 19%
  88. - remove java-1_6_0-sun-plugin
  90. 1.6.0.u15-0.1.1 2.7 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  91. 18%
  92. - remove flac 1.2.1-68.8 4.8 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  93. 15%
  94. - remove OpenOffice_org-writer-extensions
  96. 3.1.0.6-1.1 1.4 MB OpenOffice STABLE
  97. 15%
  98. - remove gimp-plugins-python 2.6.2-2.18 530.9 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  99. 15%
  100. - remove OpenOffice_org-thesaurus-en
  102. 20060111-5.21 20.6 MB OpenOffice.org Extras
  103. 14%
  104. - remove OpenOffice_org-gnome
  106. 3.1.0.6-1.1 154.1 KB OpenOffice STABLE
  107. 11%
  108. - remove gimp-help 2.4.2-2.18 23.5 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  109. 10%
  110. - remove grip 3.2.0-154.142 296.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  111. 10%
  112. - remove inkscape-extensions-gimp 0.46-62.36 6 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  113. 10%
  114. - remove timidity 2.13.2-247.10 2.8 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  115. 9%
  116. - remove ripit 3.6.0-78.27 276.7 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  117. 9%
  118. - remove abcde 2.3.99.6-58.14 191.7 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  119. 8%
  120. - remove xawtv 3.95-179.57 449.5 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  121. 8%
  122. - remove vdr 1.6.0-33.31 2.9 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  123. 8%
  124. - remove filezilla 3.0.3-1.147 5.6 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  125. 8%
  126. - remove evolution
  128. 2.24.1.1-4.15.1 12.9 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  129. 7%
  130. - remove yast2-firstboot 2.17.4-1.64 169.1 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  131. 6%
  132. - remove SuSEfirewall2
  134. 3.6_SVNr208-1.10.1 231.9 KB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  135. 6%
  136. - remove gimp-save-for-web 0.28.6-1.43 104 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  137. 5%
  138. - remove rhythmbox 0.11.6-7.26 4.4 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  139. 5%
  140. - remove yast2-ncurses 2.17.11-1.22 993.5 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  141. 5%
  142. - remove x11-video-nvidiaG02 185.18.36-7.1 30.4 MB Nvidia Drivers 11.1
  143. 4%
  144. - remove gimp-doc 2.6.2-2.18 5.2 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  145. 4%
  146. - remove ufraw-gimp 0.13-1.175 652.2 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  147. 3%
  148. - remove timezone
  150. 2009d-0.1.1 1.3 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  151. 3%
  152. - remove sax2
  154. 8.1-542.11.1 743 KB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  155. 3%
  156. - remove google-gadgets 0.10.1-4.17 4.9 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  157. 2%
  158. - remove gnucash 2.2.7-1.18 14.9 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  159. 2%
  160. - remove evolution-exchange
  162. 2.24.1-4.13.1 534.8 KB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  163. - remove xorg-x11-server
  165. 7.4-17.6.1 4.9 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  166. - remove scribus 1.3.3.12-72.10 31.5 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  167. - remove google-gadgets-gtk 0.10.1-4.17 651.7 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  168. - remove gtkpod 0.99.12-11.127 2.8 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  169. - remove scribus-templates 1.2-12.119 5.7 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  170. - remove dbus-1-x11
  172. 1.2.10-5.3.1 28.6 KB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  173. - remove gnome-terminal 2.24.1.1-1.20 2.5 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  174. - remove x11-tools 0.1-167.7 11.6 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  175. - remove picasa 3.0.5744-02 99 MB linoman openSUSE 11.1
  176. - remove bootsplash-branding-openSUSE 3.1-47.6 2.2 MB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  177. - remove less 424b-1.29 255.4 KB openSUSE 11.1 oss
  178. - remove zypper
  180. 1.0.9-0.1.1 3.6 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  181. - remove vim
  183. 7.2-7.4.1 1.7 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  184. - remove yast2
  186. 2.17.59-1.2.13 3.4 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  187. - remove mdadm
  189. 3.0-10.9.1 828.1 KB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  190. - remove tomboy
  192. 0.12.1-2.26.1 1.2 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
  193. - remove kernel-default
  195. 2.6.27.29-0.1.1 41.6 MB openSUSE 11.1 Updates
 
has the speed of yast improved since 10.3? i might just fire up the latest opensuse for old times sakes
 
milomak said:
has the speed of yast improved since 10.3? i might just fire up the latest opensuse for old times sakes
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Yes it has! It is a huge improvement from 10.3 *shudders at 10.3 yast*
 
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