Re: [opensuse] Various Novell clients for Linux

On Thu, 2008-11-27 at 14:02 +0000, Edwin Caveney wrote:
Of course that would probably address this. But I do not need to do so
to get MS support in Yast. So Novell's free OS invests effort in
making
the YaST-based access to MS work, but no effort seems to be given to
do
the same for their own Netware. I still think it seems a bit odd.


The MS support in Yast you talk about are not created by Novell these
are Linux tools that you will find on other Linux Distros such as
Ubuntu.

I think the support in YasT is indeed from SUSE. I do not mean the Samba
part that all Linux distros use. I mean the tools in Yast that ease the
setup of things like joining an Active Directory (which work great).

There is not even a web shop where I can buy these RPMs for openSUSE.
Or, in my case where we have a site license for all Novell products
(or
so I have been told), openSUSE is not in the mix. I know openSUSE is
not
a Novell product. But I would have expected it to have
interoperability
with Novell as a design goal. It is, after all, not unrelated to
Novell.


I get your point but the fact remains that yes Novell is a part of
openSUSE but it uses its own version of it which is SLES and SLED, these
2 products would be supported by Novell were as openSUSE is a separate
operating system aimed at the Linux Community, it has no real links for
Netware as this is not its goal. If you want this you will have to use
SLED. Go to the Novell website and search for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Desktop(SLED) this is Novells version of openSUSE best suited for use in
a Novell environment.

It is not a price issue. It is an availability issue. I could not buy an
RPM designed for openSUSE 11.0 (or any current openSUSE release when
that release is made available). It does not exist. I could get old RPMs
and fiddle with them and make symlinks here and there and pray an
upgrade does not zap it all away. But I use this as my work
environment.

I just find it odd that openSUSE makes the effort with Windows, but even
for a cost, there is no client for Netware. If openSUSE can allow
install of the nvidia drivers, surely Netware is not less open.

Is there a stated policy on what Novell intend with support for their
protocols in products such as openSUSE?

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