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It's been said dozens of times before, so let's hope this is the last time... People should read the list archives before asking questions, the answer to the ISO question is: The boxed copy of SuSE contains demos, and even full versions, of commercial software than cannot be freely distributed. As this is the case, SuSE would be breaking the law and the licenses of these software packages if they made ISO images available by FTP. What they do do is that *in addition* to producing the excellent Professional and Personal Editions, the distro team produce an FTP Edition which contains the Professional Edition software minus the commercial software. This usually comes out shortly after the boxed copies are available for purchase, because it is (understandably) a slightly lower priority than the boxed editions. You can install the FTP edition over FTP from ftp.suse.com or a mirror (please please please use a mirror)
Unfortunately SuSE has decided to be the only major Linux distribution not to offer ISO's. :-( That's extremely annoying, but it's worth the annoyance to go get SuSE from the store or FTP (or to get an ISO copy from a friend [since that is perfectly legal]). -- James Ogley, Unix Systems Administrator, Pinnacle Insurance Plc james.ogley@pinnacle.co.uk www.pinnacle.co.uk +44 (0) 20 8731 3619 Using Free Software since 1994\00\00\00\00nning GNU/Linux (SuSE 7.x) This email was created and sent with Ximian Evolution 0.15
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