Tag Archives: openSUSE

Yersinia : patch to compile under openSUSE (11.1)

Yet another post in the series of compilation failures due to unexpected libraries paths. This time, it is about Yersinia and the ncurses library. I made the following yersinia-opensuse11.1 patch which should work for openSUSE 11.1 and maybe other versions or distros.

Compilation of PackETH on openSUSE

PackETH is a nice gkt tool to play with Ethernet packet. I encountered some path issues with the Makefile and openSUSE 11.1 64 bits to compile it, so here is the packETH-opensuse patch to compile correctly. If you are on a 32 bits system, all you will have to do is editing the CPPFLAGS line [...]

“Why Mono doesn’t suck”

For the sake, a nice post which I hope will contribute to stop the FUD against Mono.

Microphone issue with openSUSE 11.1

Nice post that also solved my microphone issue with openSUSE 11.1 and Pulseaudio. Now every thing works well with Skype.

Connecting your GNS3 labs to the real network

There is a nice video tutorial to get your GNS3 lab connected to your physical network. However, it requires you to use a real network card with a fixed IP for doing that. This is not really handy if, llike me, you use GNS3 on a laptop whose connectivity is frequently switching between cable and [...]

openSUSE 11.1

openSUSE 11.1 is out and already on all my desktop PC. This distribution is, by far, the best Linux environment for a desktop PC : very stable, up to date, polished, professional… I also appreciate the huges improvements made on Yast and the package management system. Despite being an advanced user that like to use [...]

A few strong points of the OpenSuse desktop

I love the interface of OpenSuse. I am not saying it is perfect, but so far I think this is the best desktop experience I got with Linux.

Switching from Ubuntu to OpenSuse

Yes, I just switched my desktop computer from Ubuntu to OpenSuse.

I am sure that some people won’t believe it or think that I am stupid or that I work for Microsoft, but here are the reasons of this choice.