Hi all, my 2 pence, On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 05:40 -0500, Allen wrote:
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 11:02:45AM +0100, Martin Sommer wrote:
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Richard A Sharpe
[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
We should make that a sig for this list lol.
YES
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.
I've been wondering lately about the number of people wondering if they should download it. I think they should not.
I agree. I had some problems with some systems concurrently to an Evolution problem on my desktop workstation; all installed on OSS 10.0 that I downloaded (correctly re. md5sums) from opensuse.org. Later on I bought the original Novell "SUSE Linux 10.0" for €59,99 and installed it on my desktop. Suddenly the Evolution and a few other problems were cleared! In the installation I "UNCONDITIONALLY Updated" the OSS10.0 of my workstation and straight away afterwards did a YOU update. Wonder by wonder ... the Evolution problem SOLVED. Another 4 systems were re-installed, each with it's own odd problem; one with Evo, another with OpenVPN, another with Java, all with FireFox and RealPlayer 10, ... Because of the failing packages; which like Java is not that easy to install with the link for FireFox (which still did'nt work) and Opera (which worked), OSS10.0 for newbies is a little bothering. I advise all newbies to rather buy Novell's "SUSE Linux 10.0" in stead of struggeling/learning with the OSS10.0 as I have the last 3 weeks. It pays to support Novell's efforts to keep SUSE going. What could be the difference between OSS 10.0 and Novell's "SUSE Linux 10.0" core installations when disregarding the closed source 3rd party licensed packages I don't know. For up and comming learners (like me) and techies, downloading OSS 10.0 and struggeling a little is fun and a learning curve; which I do every time before I buy the boxed version any way for my desktop PC. I buy at least one OpenSource Distro per annum to support it. It is as cheap as a single restaurant dinner for 2 with 2 kids.
They should buy it and get the extra goodies. I've been buying it for quite some time and it's been worth it. It's not like it costs a lot.
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
Sadly because of money being tight I have to download it for now :( Ah well Christmas is coming and so is my Birthday (5 days away) guess what I'm asking for :)
-Allen
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:-) Al