The Perfect Desktop

This article is based on OpenSUSE 10.3 (GNOME) but could easily be adapted to other distributions.

This tutorial shows how you can set up an OpenSUSE 10.3 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

Not anything new or novel really, but it's a nice layout to get the minimum you'd need to painlessly switch from using Windows to using Linux for your main productivity needs. Read on for more.

EDIT: I just noticed a list of similar articles that walk you through the same process, for Fedora 7, PCLinuxOS 2007, Mandriva 2007 Spring Free (Mandriva 2007.1), Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn (my distro of choice nowadays) and Debian Etch (Debian 4.0).