First i completly formated the harddisc. I did not need the recovery partiotion, which is included with the thinkvantage button. I just remove the whole microsoft installation. Don’t know for what i need this.
Then you could think of to make some encrypted partitions, but this could not be the „/“ partition. So i was leasy and did not configure any encryption. I will do so an the additional disc i have.
I use the gnome desktop for installation, because for me KDE is a bit to much of the buttons and choices possible. I like it easy and simple to configure. KDE is to feature overloaded for me.
I just booted the SuSE 10.2 DVD and started installation and this has become nearly a one click installation.
What i ask myself always, why they change that much all default things every time. So once you have installed the new system, you have to discovery you tools first. Same like for vista. Someone should just think that many things have changed, but it’s only the same with a new look.
I needed to install additional drivers for the ati radeon mobility grafics card. You can just download the driver from the ati hompage.
Then i did a online update to make sure all packages are updated to the newest release.
The fingerprint reader …
To be continued….