Re: Which version of Suse to buy?

From: Kevin Nathan (knathan_at_project54.com)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 13:18:59 -0700

On 8 Feb 2004 17:27:07 GMT
Paul Hutchings <paul@spamcop.net> wrote:

> Supposing I wanted to have the CDs and some paper manuals handy
> "just in case" - which version should I buy?
>

If you are already familiar with installing Linux and using it a
little bit, I would suggest the Professional Update version. It comes
with the SUSE Linux Administration Guide as a printed manual, but not
the User Guide. It will save you some money, too.

If you consider yourself pretty much a raw newbie, I'd suggest the
full Professional version. The Personal version is more for "trying it
out" -- if you want to add software not included with SUSE, or compile
programs from source, etc., then you'll have large problems getting
all the right programs to do it; Professional comes with them and it's
a simple matter to install them if you didn't do so on the first go-
around.

And don't forget: the Admin Guide and the User Guide are available as
html (and pdf, I think) versions on the CDs and the ftp site. Just
search for: suselinux-adminguide and suselinux-userguide. 

-- 
Kevin Nathan (Montana, USA)
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