Updates Update
Let joy be unconfined!
After a considerable time, including a lengthy wait simply to connect to the server, I have now managed to download all available updates - all 243mb!
During the wait I had time grow a beard of Shavian proportions and take in one or two of Tolstoy's shorter offerings.
Seriously, if Novell wish to offer Suse as a viable alternative to MS Win, then they will have to make life easier than this. I'm willing to try other distros so if you have recommendations perhaps you'd be kind enough to post them here. Does any particular offering work straight out of the box with minimal intervention from the user to keep it running smoothly?
I want to make the change to Linux as I can see Win XP being ditched ASAP after the introduction of Vista and I don't really want to send Uncle Bill another $200 even if he is down to his last couple of trillion.
Cheerio,
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