-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday, 2018-02-22 at 15:13 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
I can think of some positive answers that seem obvious to me
* Server installation offered from the media, not requiring a different media like other distros
OK.
Another stupid question! (They're a good way to learn.)
Is it not possible to choose what system is installed from a live medium? The fact that it boots to a desktop, not an installer, doesn't somehow prevent that installer from offering a choice of installed systems, does it?
Well... yes, it would be possible, you are right. In fact, the openSUSE installation DVD is a Live Linux, only that you can not freely interact with the desktop (although it has 3 or 4 text consoles, I miss having an xterm). It is a graphical desktop (I forgot which), and it offers a guided install with many complex options for choosing what to install and how. It is very powerful and versatile, a complex product. I guess it might run on top of a "standard" live, but it simply was not designed that way. It might be changed, but is it worth that effort? I doubt it. It would need lots of more ram. The current version also runs in text mode if wanted/needed. It is part of what we SuSE/SUSE/openSUSE users are accustomed to ;-) The openSUSE Lives that could be installed used a different method. Basically they copied themselves over to the hard disk, no options offered. The last ones were for 13.2, but Tumbleweed also has them, since relatively recently I think. - -- Cheers, Carlos E. R. (from openSUSE 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iEYEARECAAYFAlqPQLYACgkQtTMYHG2NR9W2IQCghuueW2y+bFJeQ5H5SVmzA4eT pZsAnjtoICr2UPFkVypStnwNfs1ms48o =bU6z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org