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I just installed SuSE 9.0 Pro (I had it lying around) and it was pretty painless. I made sure to install a separate partition for /home in the event I needed to Ghost or reinstall - my data files would be intact.

I installed nVidia nForce drivers but didn't get the audio driver to install. The default audio driver works fine at the moment. This was a "regular" RPM and installed OK (contrary to the initial message in this thread).

I haven't installed the ATI Radeon video drivers - that's next.

I installed VMWare Workstation 4.5.2 and it went without a hitch. I'm installing Windows XP Pro with SP/2 as I write this.

I also installed GLTron for fun but without the 3D acceleration it's unplayable.

A few things that helped:

1) If you need to run a script, preface it with ./ such as ./script.pl

2) You will need to install something using root, therefore preface the install command with "sudo" such as "sudo ./install.pl" Enter your root password when prompted

3) If you still can't run the script make sure it's flagged with Execute permission; right click the file, select Properties, and next to User click *Execute. You can do a CHMOD from the terminal as well.

4) Consult readme files and Google for any pecularities

I've got more stuff to configure so who knows when I'll get stumped but so far it's been progressing just fine. My previous experiences with Linux weren't as smooth.

Enjoy!

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