On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 12:39:46AM +0200, Eberhard Moenkeberg wrote: > The silent death of the admin guide was a bad decision in my mind too. > > Up to 9.3, I could advise interested people "just buy one SUSE box, and > you have all you need to become a server admin - experiences with docs".
I did the same. Now I say: just download it or ask somebody for a copy. I would expect two versions of SUSE. One boxed with the manuals in dead trees and one (e.g only over Internet order) with just the CD, like http://dvd-iso.de/product_info.php/products_id/69/product/suse-linux-10.1-dvd.html/XTCsid/537768fb4f87fe31b85e8b42f67f0aca or http://tinyurl.com/pjttk > >Also for 10.0, a sources DVD iso was provided on the mirrors, which for > >those of us with broadband didn't complain. Many don't have the > >bandwidth to download a large iso. > > Many? You are kidding. > Most of those "manies" at least have a friend with a DSL connection. Also how many of the many actually use ALL of those sources? That said, some people need the kernel sources. I think those could be included in the box. Not sure if there is enough plave on the DVD-9. <snip> > The sources are already published at the servers: > > /pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/inst-source/suse/src/ > /pub/opensuse/distribution/SL-10.1/non-oss-inst-source/suse/src/ > > makesusedvd can be used to make an ISO out of it. > Please nobody tell me he needs the sources but is not able to run > makesusedvd. Never tried it, so no idea what the result will be. > Putting the sources a second time there as an ISO image would neglect the > mirror admins' interest in efficiency (space and cache). How about a jigdo file? > It is a totally different question if SUSE would ship hard media on > request or not. > I fully accept their "cost calculation" decision not to put a mostly never > used sources disk into the box, and you should ask them for a hard copy if > you can't use the servers. > I bet they will ship one, and the SUSE cost calculators will include the > needed manpower into their next revision. > But I bet it already was the right decision. ;-)) houghi -- Nutze die Zeit. Sie ist das Kostbarste, was wir haben, denn es ist unwiederbringliche Lebenszeit. Leben ist aber mehr als Werk und Arbeit, und das Sein wichtiger als das Tun - Johannes Müller-Elmau --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
