Paul, So you're saying that if I download SLES 11 Eval Version it comes with a 180 day trial for support, but the software license is free and I can continue to use it past the 180 day period?
Sounds like a winner if so. Thanks, Billy On 15 Feb 2010 at 13:31, Paul Raulerson wrote: > Note that "trial" means trial period for support. > > The license is free, you can run it as long as you wish, for any purpose. > Seems odd on a mainframe, but true. > > And I personally recommend SLES over RedHat. If nothing else, YAST makes it > far easier to manage. > > -Paul > > On Feb 15, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Rich Smrcina wrote: > > > On 02/15/2010 12:22 PM, Billy Bingham wrote: > >> I would like to install Linux on z/VM, but I'm not sure what distribution > >> to use. Is there a free version of SuSE or RedHat Linux that I can > >> download to do this? Do I need to license a distribution from the vendor > >> (SuSE or RedHat)? > >> > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> Billy > > > > You can get a trial of both Novell and RedHat Linux for System z that come > > with install support and maintenance for a certain amount of time. I think > > Novell is 120 days. > > > > -- > > Rich Smrcina > > Phone: 414-491-6001 > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/richsmrcina > > > > Catch the WAVV! http://www.wavv.org > > WAVV 2010 - Apr 9-13, 2010 Covington, KY > > >
