Re: SuSE / Novell Question

From: James R. Jones (okieman7_at_cableone.net)
Date: 03/24/05 

Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2005 21:42:50 -0600

Eric M. Jackson wrote:
> So I am a Red Hat guy who is not entirely happy with the fact that I have to
> install so much non-OSS software after I build a Fedora based system to do
> simple things like play MP3s or Flash files. So, I am presently looking
> into switching to SuSE, mainly because I want an RPM based system with a
> solid community behind it. Since I hate the French, Mandrake is out.
> Since I want RPMs and ease of use Debian is out. That leaves SuSE/Novell.
> So my simple question is:
>
> "What is the difference between the Novell Desktop 9 and SuSE 9.2? Is there
> even a difference?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric

My understanding is that the Novell dostribution will be supported on a
subscription basis only, the Suse 9.2 will contiue to be updated as
normal through YOU fir it's lifetime. Further I uderstand that the
Novell distro is a subset of the full 9.2 professional papckage. I have
run the Novell version for a few day on a machine...it is pretty slick,
and in the right type of environment could possibly replace some windows
machines on it's own merits. Not sure if that helps any, hopefully it
will. By the way a fully installable demo version of the Novell package
is available for download. If you need the url let me know.

Jim

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