Installing SUSE Linux 7.0 on the $5 Windows 98 PC!

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I think it's about time for another good ol' fashioned OS install on the 98 PC - and this time around, we're checking out SUSE 7.0. It's a distro that I don't have much experience with... so let's change that!

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:54 - Unboxing
05:05 - Installation
09:43 - Driver setup
13:26 - The usual troubleshooting
18:15 - Logged in
19:55 - Initial exploration
23:22 - Web stuff
26:07 - StarOffice
29:27 - Some games
35:12 - Some other programs
41:30 - Outro

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Background Music:
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Outro Music: Silent Partner - Bet On It

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[philtkaswahl]

Box: Promises to get it up and running in 20 minutes.
Video length: 42+ minutes.
MJD audience: Leaning forward expectantly.

[ShadowTheHedgehog]

I'm actually from Nuremberg, where SuSE has its HQ. Back in the 90s, when I was in school we exclusively used SuSE for all Linux stuff. They even moved their offices to a building directly opposite my school. But the old offices were the best. Looked like a real nerd space. I know because I went there whenever a new version was released, because they gave the predecessor edition away for free to students.

[krovelMx]

35:40 you drew that "B" so masterfully that it immediately made me think it was not a "B", nor an accident 😂

[RemnantCult]

The early days of Linux distributions will never not be interesting. Those were the pioneer days in a way.

[KayBearYT]

This has to be the greatest Return on Investment! How many videos have you produced involving the $5 PC😂👍

[adeysplace]

I love it when literature is included in the install packages. It is helpful at times.

[distinctdipole]

This brought back some memories. Back in 1999, I worked for a web solutions company. All our local machines ran Linux and the StarOffice 5.2 integrated desktop was set as the admin team's graphical shell under XF86. Pig to setup but once done, ran flawlessly. The rest of us used KDE or FVWM.

[jeffreyparker]

This brings back memories, the first Linux distro that I used was SUSE 7.1, followed closely by SUSE 7.3.

[Derpingtonshere]

Man that box and the stuff that comes with it is just a beautiful thing. I remember getting things like this back in the day and just getting giddy with excitement over the experience that is about to come... I wish I still had these but unfortunately they all burned in a house fire. I am super glad I get to see someone experience things like this for the 1st time because you seem just as passionate about these things as I am. Thank you for the videos and I cannot wait to see what you have in store for the next video!

[eastfrisian_]

SuSE was quite well-known in Germany during the early 2000s (my school used it) and especially after 2005 with openSUSE (which was free), because computer magazines regularly included it on their CDs/DVDs. At that time, not everyone had internet access to download it (and downloading it would take forever anyway). I tested it around 2005 on my old AMD-K6 PC, but unfortunately, it kept freezing. Somehow, I friend of mine re-configured X11 and after that it worked fine. It's nice to see how much more advanced the development of Linux is today—I'm watching the video on Linux Mint 22.

[Henk]

Michael you should do Knoppix 4, its a fantastic look at what Linux used to be back than and for many here in europe their first Linux experience.

[ciach_]

Finally, I was missing when things went wrong

[CoolestFireySpartanEver]

Oh boy! Another Michael MJD Video? MJD, I love your content! I'll have a new OS coming in October, but if I finish it, I'll let you experience it first!

[iltrovatoremanrico]

A huge thank you for this nostalgic trip down memory lane! SuSE was my first Linux ever, this brought me goosebumps!

[HikariSaiyan]

WOOO THE 98 PC IS BACK AND THINGS ARE FINALLY GONNA GO WRONG AGAIN- Also funny thing I was actaully watching a video about free geek twin cities lol (bringus's e-waste unboxing video) lol, anyways another awesome mjd video! keep up the good work man!

[delajt]

Wow, I see your boxed copy and think "I had something like that, but in green", sure enough you see that one in de installation manual you are showing, the professional version! Good stuff, thanks for the video! Oh and before anyone asks, I didn't even use it for a week back then, oops. Got OpenSuse on my laptop these days ;-)

[courtneymertz]

I love using openSUSE! I use it on my main desktop PC, and on the new laptop that I got this year! I really like how stable and up to date openSUSE is, I really like the packages it uses, YAsT is a god tier settings manager, and I love the mascot both SUSE and openSUSE have!

I did read that openSUSE will be changing its branding, along with the name, but thankfully, the team behind openSUSE is willing to do that task. I’m really excited to see what name they will decide on, and that the openSUSE project will still be alive and well! ❤

[GeekyGami]

Fyi on most Linux distros if you do CTRL+ALT+Function key, you can open up terminals.
It's likely X crashed but the rest of the system is fully operational.

[timb]

Another awesome video! I used a SUSE version of linux for a server way back then - it was a pretty stable system and competed with Red had at the time for server installations. (I ultimately went with Red Hat for other servers and was much happier) - Thanks again!

[CDiepenbroek]

These old distros really bring me back to a jankier time. Thanks!