Is SUSE Linux open source or is it not? I know that it includes some less than open source software but so do most other distros.
You just answered your question: it includes some proprietary packages (such as Opera, Real Player, Text Maker, Plan Maker, Acrobat Reader) hence it isn't open source. The same could be said about those "other distros" that you claim also include proprietary software. That said, I think it would be very easy to create an open source version of SuSE Linux, removing all proprietary components (which, AFAICT, are all optional). I wrote about this a few weeks before the announcement of OpenSuSE; you could read about it at: http://azul.freaks-unidos.net/posts/Questions%20About%20SuSE%20Licensing.htm... Thanks. Alejo. http://azul.freaks-unidos.net/ ---=( Comunidad de Usuarios de Software Libre en Colombia )=--- ---=( http://bachue.com/colibri )=--=( colibri@bachue.com )=---