On Friday 19 October 2001 13:32, Joerg Schilling wrote: > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Oct 19 12:53:25 2001 > > >> A typical Linux user buys a SuSE distribution more than once a > >> year. A typical Solaris user loads the CD binaries over the > >> internet. You cannot load the SuSE CD's over the internet. > > > >Ooops. Before coming to work in Belgium, the only place I installed > >my SuSE was from Internet. You just go to ftp.suse.com or a mirror, > >get an instalation floppy, boot from it and you are done. All the > >instalation works over the network. I think it is the same for the > >other distros. And please don't forget an important thing: you get > >the sources as well. > > This sounds new! > > SuSE never made the complete set of install CD's available. > You only could download the one CD test version for free. > You should really visit ftp.suse.com ore one of their mirrors (e.g. ftp.gwdg.de). They provide almost the complete content of their CD's on the ftp servers. Exceptions are only a few(!) packages. This they cannot put on the internet because of some license issues. The more restricted license policy for this few packages does not come from SuSe but from the authors/owners (or however you can call them) of the packages.
I've been using SuSE for quite a few years but I couldn't tell which packages they do not put on the internet. Friedrich -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
