It's been quite a while since my last SUSE Linux installation (here's my review about that), but a bit shorter since my last contact with SUSE Linux... the (Core 2 Duo 64 bit Intel GMA950 ipw3945) laptop I'm writing this on is a Novell Certified machine that I bought about a year ago preinstalled with Novell SLED (instead of MS Windows).

The only feature of this laptop that was not supported at the time was the built-in sd/ms cardreader. And it still doesn't work with openSUSE 10.3 - of which I used the x86-64 download DVD.

Aside that, I know that all the hardware in this machine can be made to work properly with Linux. Unfortunately, to convince openSUSE 10.3 to function well was quite a wrestle at times, to the point where I now understand why some experienced Windows users who give Linux a try throw in the towel after too much initial struggling, and insist that Linux is not ready for the masses.

Since I'm a somewhat more experienced Linux user, I didn't give up and managed to get to the state of fully functional fully usable almost fully Free Software bliss.

As they say, your mileage may vary.

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