I have a little experience with Linux having tried out Fedora and Mandrake on my old machine. But I still classify myself as a newbie!
I just built a new one (specs in signature), and I've tried Fedora. However, I liked the look of SuSE and decided to give it a whirl. I downloaded a 9.2 DVD iso for x86_64. The download went fine - md5sum checked out - and burned fine to DVD.
I loved the way it installed and subsequently started up! Seemed much more polished and clean than what I've experienced so far.
While just poking around a bit though, I was having trouble while browsing with Konqueror. I only went to a couple of sites and it hung up - after a while displaying a message that Konqueror needs to close. I tried opening it again, and I just got the little bouncing icon next to my cursor, but no Konqueror!
I checked in a term, and the program was showing up under a ps. However, I just had to kill it.
I logged out and logged back in - only to experience the same problem after just a couple of sites. This time I wasn't even able to open a console. I got the same bouncing icon next to the cursor - which created a trace image all over the screen following the cursor movement.
Then I couldn't even shut down - it just hung there. Any idea what could be going on? I really liked the look and feel of SuSE and want to keep using it, but this is too flaky for me!