On Sun, 11 Sep 2005, Alejandro Forero Cuervo wrote:
* SUSE Linux - that's the retail version: It can be regard as a superset of SUSE Linux OSS, which also contains some proprietary bits, binary-only drivers and stuff like that. Not to mention end-user documentation, installation support and MP3 playback support.
Just minor nitpicks:
Shouldn't MP3 playback support be included in the OSS version? AFAIK, Thompson's patents on MP3 allow royalty-free distribution of free decoders.
Unfortunately it's not that easy - but we already had a lengthy thread on this topic. As always, don't expect anyone to comment on this, as this is a very delicate issue.
Won't end-user documentation be included in the OSS version?
I should have written "printed manuals" instead ;) Regards Christoph