Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3437 mails)

[Randall R Schulz <rschulz@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 07 June 2008 15:26, Donald D Henson wrote:
> ...
>
> It's not exorbitant because you don't have to pay it. You can
> download it for free.

Is it just me who can't see the list of what's actually included in the 
box? What set of DVDs / CDs for which hardware platforms and what 
complement of packages? I am also curious how many repositories I'd 
have to configure to duplicate the supplied package set.

If it's just a core DVD for x86 and x86_64 and that meager "Start-up" 
manual, then I think it's overpriced. In fact, I'd prefer to buy it 
without that manual and just get stamped discs with the latest geecko 
art staring out at me (assuming they don't use double-sided discs). Of 
course, there is the installation support, but I've never needed that, 
either (I wonder how many purchasers of the boxed sets do?).

On the other hand, I like to have a full complement of packages on disc 
and would just as soon avoid the tedious hours of download, even if 
they don't seem to require any real hand-holding or oversight. That's 
even more true for me nowadays, since I have business partners using my 
system, and they don't like it when the DSL line is clogged.

And as ever, I'd like to support Novell's effort and investment in 
producing what I have always and still do think is the best Linux 
distribution going. (And I'm not likely in the near future to purchase 
SLED or SLES, though that may come to pass eventually.)


Anyway, I would like to know precisely what media and software I'd be 
getting for my $60 before handing it over.


> Don Henson


Randall Schulz
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