SuSE Linux 10 is the best distribution for power users. Oddly though, it can’t play DVDs — unless you tweak it a little. Desktop expert Jason Perlow shows you how.
Well, hell froze over: Novell took me seriously when I said they should open source SuSE Linux Professional. Color me impressed — even if they didn’t name the distribution “Geeko”. (I guess you can’t have everything.)
I also said in a previous column that if Novell opened SuSE Linux Professional, I’d go out on a limb and run the distribution personally, because its sibling, SuSE Linux is that good. Thus, I recently installed SuSE Linux 10 on my brand new HP nx9600, a fire-breathing, 3.6 GHz, 64-bit, dual-core, Pentium 4 laptop with a 17-inch LCD screen and a built-in DVD-recorder unit.
I must say I am dazzled with SuSE Linux 10’s performance and its plethora of features and bleeding-edge enhancements. The distribution is a power user’s delight. It’s that good. In fact, I think every advanced user looking for a state-of-the art Linux distribution should go to http://www.opensuse.org and download a copy right now, especially if you have a PC with a 64-bit chip, such as the Pentium 4 HT or the AMD Athlon FX/64. If SuSE Linux 10 were a car, it’d be a BMW 760i or a Mercedes S-Klasse S55 AMG.
Imagine my surprise, however, when I discovered that DVD playback capability was intentionally crippled in the open source version of SuSE Linux 10. Whoa! Or should I say, Scheiße!
Geben Sie Mir Meinen DVD Spieler, Dumbkopf!
Of course, you can play DVDs on Linux, and you most certainly can…
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