Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Martin Sommer <msommer@xxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

> * Richard A Sharpe <rasharpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [11-23-05 19:11]:
> > Is the only difference between open SuSE and SUSE 10 the included
> > apps ?  Just wondering if open SuSE was worth downloading.
> 
> 1. There IS NO open SuSE distribution!
> 2. OpenSUSE is a project, primarily to make ready the next version.
> 3. There is: SUSE 10 OSS, SUSE 10 Eval

3a. There is also SUSE Linux 10.0 box version (not downloadable) that 
contains more than 5 GB of software for both 32 and 64 bit on a DVD9. SUSE 
10 Eval contains ~ 3.5 GB.

> 4. SUSE 10 OSS is _only_ OSS software.
> 5. SUSE 10 Eval contains some non-OSS software
> 6. Either is worth downloading.
> 7. This HAS been explained ad nausium both here and on suse-linux-e!
> 8. Note: SUSE, not SuSE
> 9. You could have found out for yourself:
>           http://www.opensuse.org/Download
> 
> 

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