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May I install an Ubuntu desktop on OpenSuse 11.1?

Asked by Randymanme

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OpenSuse 11.1; Firefox 3.0

I prefer Kubuntu. Is it practical to install a Kubuntu desktop on OpenSuse? I'm a Linux newbie and don't know how to do a lot of things. I asked a friend at FreeGeek Columbus to delete the extaneous operating systems from my computer just leaving the one I used, and he accidently deleted them all. “No problem,” I said, “I'll just reinstall when I get home.”

But everytime I try to reinstall K/Ubuntu, I get an error message saying
   Installation Failed
   The installer encountered an error copying files to the hard disk:
   [errno 5] Input/output error
   . . .

That happens with two Ubuntu installation Cds, three live Ubuntu Cds, one Kubuntu live CD, and one Fedora 11 live CD. However, I was successful on the second try with OpenSuse 11.1 live DVD. The KDE desktop is rather confusing to me. The GNOME desktop is much better. But an Ubuntu desktop would be right on the money. I'm behind in homework because I can't figure out how to attach OOo text documents to email. Also, I don't know how to get Firefox to upgrade to 3.5.

Any help you folks can give me would be much appreciated. Thank you.

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Best zvacet (ivicakolic) said : 		#1

" Is it practical to install a Kubuntu desktop on OpenSuse?"
You can not install Kubuntu desktop on Opensuse because Ubuntu use deb packages and OpenSuse use rpm.But I believe both of them use KDE,so i don´t see reason of asking this,becuse you said " The GNOME desktop is much better.".About downloading and burning iso read https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BurningIsoHowto.
"I can't figure out how to attach OOo text documents to email."
Save file somewhere and after that add it as attachment to the e-mail.

"I don't know how to get Firefox to upgrade to 3.5."
Are we still talking about Ubuntu or you are using Suse?

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Randymanme (randall43215) said : 		#2

I've been using OpenSuse, but only because that's only thing I can get to install. Several Ubuntu upgrades appear on the OpenSuse Wiki as third party repositories, but the wiki won't download them. I hadn't selected the Mozilla repository, which is why I couldn't get Ffx to upgrades. OpenSuse brands OOo so it doesn't look quite the same as in Jaunty, nor does it behave quite the same, either -- like with the email attachments.

The KDE and GNOME desktops on OpenSuse 11.1 don't appear to be the same as they are on Ubuntu. I haven't tried the Xfce desktop, which is an OpenSuse option since I didn't like it on Ubuntu (but it might be an option now). My Kubuntu, for example, had Kpackage Kit instead of Synaptic Package Manager; OpenSuse has Yast2 (which I'm finding slow and cumbersome). I downloaded Kpackage Kit, but haven't figured out how to install it. [Yast doesn't seem to want to cooperate.]

Right now, I'm using a Kubuntu live CD; OpenSuse is (for me) disabled at the present time. I'll ask a new question regarding that.

Thanks for answering my question.

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Randymanme (randall43215) said : 		#3

Thanks zvacet, that solved my question.