Hello!
I think this is a FAQ - but I could not find a clear answer from
Novells or open SUSE's web sites.
What are the differences between Novell SUSE Linux 10.0 and Open SUSE
Linux OSS 10.0?
>From the names I would suspect that the OSS -version only contains
open source software. But what does
HG schrieb:
Hello!
I think this is a FAQ - but I could not find a clear answer from
Novells or open SUSE's web sites.
This has been discussed in this mailing list. You could have a look at
the archives.
What are the differences between Novell SUSE Linux 10.0 and Open SUSE
Linux OSS 10.0
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Rauch Christian wrote:
[...]
> DVD Support will not be in any of the Releases because of patents and
> restriction. MP3-Support will probably be downloadable with YOU like it
> was with previous releases
We won't offer a multimedia pack via YOU this time, as we have MP3 su
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:43:43 +0800, Christoph Thiel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Rauch Christian wrote:
[...]
DVD Support will not be in any of the Releases because of patents and
restriction. MP3-Support will probably be downloadable with YOU like it
was with previous rele
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 10:26:01AM +0300, HG wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I think this is a FAQ - but I could not find a clear answer from
> Novells or open SUSE's web sites.
>
> What are the differences between Novell SUSE Linux 10.0 and Open SUSE
> Linux OSS 10.0?
http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/ti
On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 10:43:43AM +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote:
> We won't offer a multimedia pack via YOU this time, as we have MP3 support
> out-of-the-box with SUSE Linux 10.0.
I suppose adding a mirror as instalation source will do?
houghi
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Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/a
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, houghi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 10:43:43AM +0200, Christoph Thiel wrote:
> > We won't offer a multimedia pack via YOU this time, as we have MP3 support
> > out-of-the-box with SUSE Linux 10.0.
>
> I suppose adding a mirror as instalation source will do?
Correct, we
2005/9/24, houghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> On Sat, Sep 24, 2005 at 10:26:01AM +0300, HG wrote:
> > Hello!
> >
> > I think this is a FAQ - but I could not find a clear answer from
> > Novells or open SUSE's web sites.
> >
> > What are the differences between Novell SUSE Linux 10.0 and Open SUSE
> >
On Sat, 24 Sep 2005, Marcel Mourguiart wrote:
> > > I think this is a FAQ - but I could not find a clear answer from
> > > Novells or open SUSE's web sites.
> > >
> > > What are the differences between Novell SUSE Linux 10.0 and Open SUSE
> > > Linux OSS 10.0?
> >
> > http://www.novell.com/coolsol
Hello!
Thanks for the answers. I guess Google didn't find the archives of
this list, but I did find this:
> http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/16015.html
... which was exactly the kind of thing that really didn't help me at all.
So let's see if I got this right.
For OSS version
- There is
>
> Seems like the Novell version is way closer to the goal of being the
> most easily usable Linux out there.
And the OSS version is way closer to the goal of being the most easily
usable Open Source Linux out there, simply as that.
pd: There is normal YOU in OSS, and a lot of missing package w
HG,
On Saturday 24 September 2005 21:39, HG wrote:
> Hello!
>
>
> For Novell SUSE Linux 10
> - ...
> - There are installation packages in YOU that let's the users to
> download Acrobats, Javas and 3D's and so on
> - ...
PDFs can be viewed using any one of several open-source viewers. They
Hi!
On 9/25/05, Randall R Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have a OSS version working. It is
> > kind of sad, that to get the OSS version usable in normal home
> > environment, one must go out and install non OSS software - let's
> > just hope this changes ove
But, just b/c OpenSuse is built on OSS shouldn't mean it has to be
difficult to install/interoperate with non-OSS software or so is my
opinion. Gentoo is good at creating a seamless link in portage. I guess
what it comes down to is that most users are going to install things
like mp3 librar
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 11:25:04AM -0400, Michael K Dolan Jr wrote:
> But, just b/c OpenSuse is built on OSS shouldn't mean it has to be
> difficult to install/interoperate with non-OSS software or so is my
> opinion. Gentoo is good at creating a seamless link in portage. I guess
> what it c
On 9/25/05, HG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I might be wrong here, but this is how I understand it :
> So let's see if I got this right.
>
> For OSS version
> - There is no support for things like MP3's (and lots of others)
Correct - no proprietary stuff included - mp3 is proprietary, as is avi AF
Andre Truter wrote:
The main difference that I see is that OpenSuSE will not include the
proprietary stuff on the downloadable iso images. If you need them,
you need to get them from non-Novell sources, which you add to YaST.
and as you have to download the iso images, you can as well
do the
On 9/25/05, jdd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andre Truter wrote:
>
> > The main difference that I see is that OpenSuSE will not include the
> > proprietary stuff on the downloadable iso images. If you need them,
> > you need to get them from non-Novell sources, which you add to YaST.
>
> and as yo
On Sunday 25 September 2005 06:39, HG wrote:
> Hello!
>
> Thanks for the answers. I guess Google didn't find the archives of
>
> this list, but I did find this:
> > http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/tip/16015.html
>
> ... which was exactly the kind of thing that really didn't help me at all.
>
>
Michael Loeffler wrote:
We will offer a SUSE Linux 10.0 for free downlaod (from October 6th on) under
Released Version. This is a subset of the retail box and comes with
propietary software and will be very close to the goal beeing the most easily
usable Linux out there. Under the same section
On Monday 26 September 2005 6:11 am, Michael Loeffler wrote:
> This two versions receive bugfixes via YOU.
Hi,
What's the policty for YOU updates? I know about 3 kind of updates:
1- bug-fix
2- security-fix
3- enhancement
I used to think that SUSE only provided security fixes. For example, if
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 08:32:24AM -0400, Jorge Fábregas wrote:
> On Monday 26 September 2005 6:11 am, Michael Loeffler wrote:
> > This two versions receive bugfixes via YOU.
>
> Hi,
>
> What's the policty for YOU updates? I know about 3 kind of updates:
>
> 1- bug-fix
> 2- security-fix
> 3- en
On Monday 26 September 2005 8:34 am, Marcus Meissner wrote:
> We usually do:
>
> 1 - security fixes (at security teams discretion)
> 2 - (critical) bugfixes (at project manager discretion)
Thanks for the fast response Marcus. Exactly what I wanted to know :)
Jorge
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 02:22:02PM +0200, jdd wrote:
> looks like this add a level of complexity :-(
Not more then what there already is, at least not really.
> what will be the difference between SUSE Linux 10.0
> downloadable and SUSE LInux OSS 10.0 also downloadable ? I
> guess proprietary
houghi wrote:
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 02:22:02PM +0200, jdd wrote:
looks like this add a level of complexity :-(
Not more then what there already is, at least not really.
what will be the difference between SUSE Linux 10.0
downloadable and SUSE LInux OSS 10.0 also downloadable ? I
guess pr
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005, jdd wrote:
> > > so there will be three downloadable versions, with the 10.1 alpha
> > > added to the boxed version. quite a lot.
> >
> > No there will be two versions. 10.0 and 10.0 OSS.
>
> two "stable" if you want.
I'd call them "flavours", as they are binary-compatible
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