Upgrading Suse linux Professional to Suse linux Enterprise
Hi!, I'm a newbie in Suse. I just want to ask if I can upgrade my existing Suse Linux Professional to Suse Linux Enterprise? Ron __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:59 pm, Ronaldo C. Webb wrote:
I just want to ask if I can upgrade my existing Suse Linux Professional to Suse Linux Enterprise?
In terms of reliability it is an upgrade, although given the reliability of SuSE Pro you are unlikely to notice the difference. In terms of currency of packages it is a downgrade, about to SuSE Pro 9.1 level. No Firefox, lots of packages missing... The thing that makes using SLES9 a no-brainer in a business context, is its 5 year life. SuSE Pro's 2 year life is generous compared with Fedora but it's still too short for a busy SyAdmin for whom running out of patches means an urgent upgrade project. SuSE Pro is a sports car: nippy, fun. Enterprise is a truck or at best a family station wagon, serviceable, reliable, something you can build a business on but a lot less fun. Be clear about which you want, michaelj PS: The short answer is, "No, you will need a new install". -- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166 No matter how much you pay for software, you always get less than you hoped. Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.
I will take the Enterprise. Is it possible to
update the Suse Professional to Suse Enterprise?
--- Michael James
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:59 pm, Ronaldo C. Webb wrote:
I just want to ask if I can upgrade my existing Suse Linux Professional to Suse Linux Enterprise?
In terms of reliability it is an upgrade, although given the reliability of SuSE Pro you are unlikely to notice the difference.
In terms of currency of packages it is a downgrade, about to SuSE Pro 9.1 level.
No Firefox, lots of packages missing...
The thing that makes using SLES9 a no-brainer in a business context, is its 5 year life. SuSE Pro's 2 year life is generous compared with Fedora but it's still too short for a busy SyAdmin for whom running out of patches means an urgent upgrade project.
SuSE Pro is a sports car: nippy, fun. Enterprise is a truck or at best a family station wagon, serviceable, reliable, something you can build a business on but a lot less fun.
Be clear about which you want,
michaelj
PS: The short answer is, "No, you will need a new install".
-- Michael James michael.james@csiro.au System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040 CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
No matter how much you pay for software, you always get less than you hoped. Unless you pay nothing, then you get more.
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On Thursday 13 October 2005 08:02, Ronaldo C. Webb wrote:
I will take the Enterprise.
A lot of people - and things - have said that, but Jim Kirk is always back in charge at the end of the episode. -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB UK Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk
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