Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (5100 mails)

["Jerome R. Westrick" <jerry@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Not really happy with the answers do far...

IMHO...

SLES is certified.  That is very important when you want to get support
from oracle, IBM or something like that...

SLES is designed for Enterprise database servers, Application servers,
etc.  The updates are more selective and the software is generally older
versions (to garuntee stability).  SLES is what the Tax Dept. of
Nicaragua, and El Salvador use to run thier main stream apps (for
example).

The pro is as close to the cutting edge new developement / new features
as you want to get, (There is some discussion that 9.1 is too close to
the edge!).

Here the emphasis is on getting the newest soonest, with a reasonable 
amount of stability.  This is what I use for daily work, since I want /
need the newest patches for MSN messenger, want the lastest enhancements
to Open Office, and Samba 3.0 features, USB haddisk support, USB camera,
Firewire Video DV interface, etc.  (Theese things are not as important
in the SLES Enterpirse server, and you don't really eant them on your
servers!).


I build SOHO servers with Profesional, but am waiting to update them to
9.1 for it to become more stable...

I've never bought/used/seen the Personal.  The samving of some 50$ does
not seam to be worth the missing manual, never mind the missing
flexability... 

That's my humble Opinion...

Jerry




On Sun, 2004-06-06 at 06:04, Greg Wallace wrote:
> I'm fairly new to Linux and was wondering about how far down in the software
> layers the difference between SLSE and SL Pro run.  Do they both use the
> same kernel?  Do they both use the same Borne shell?  Is it just the
> additional layers on top of those for supporting server functionality that
> makes up the difference between them?  
> 
> Thanks,
> Greg Wallace