I've finally got around to upgrading to Suse Linux 10.2, and I must say it was much less painful than I thought. While I've recompiled Linux kernels before, and upgraded many individual packages, I've never done a full OS upgrade.

It ran more or less without a hitch. It managed to lose the connection to my bluetooth mouse (trivial to resolve), and the upgrade caused a compatibility problem with the driver for my wireless network card. That was the more annoying as it took about 3 hours to determine what was going on, and then only 2 minutes to fix it (sounds like most software problems in fact).

Now I've managed to get Xgl and Beryl running, allowing for some really cool screen effects (not terribly practical, but you need your eye candy...). Multiple desktops now surround a cube, allowing easy (and fancy) desktop switching.

And the burndown of windows is just cool.

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