You can download a SLES eval (meaning unsupported) from Novell too... www.novell.com/linux (from memory)...
Kev. On Friday 21 January 2005 10:39, Pete wrote: > Shawn wrote: > >I have a contact who is considering an enterprise Linux solution, but I > > don't think he really needs one. Before I give him my "formal" opinion, > > I thought I'd ask what the difference is between a regular desktop > > version and the enterprise version of Linux. (say Suse Pro vs Suse > > Enterprise) > > > >As I understand things (and freely admit I could be wrong), there is no > >difference other than the bundled support contract with the Enterprise > >edition. Is this correct? Or are there other differences in terms of > >available packages or the "quality" of the packages? > > > >Thanks for any input. > > > >Shawn > > Big diff between Pro and Enterprise Suse is $$$ > and the tools to maintain the boxes. > SuSE Pro is your everyday distribution, where the ent. comes with a bunch > of admin tools for security maintanance clustering etc etc > > Personally I don't like those tools, if I need a cluster > I throw SuSE Pro on 2 boxes and OpenMosix. The command line > is my admin tool (okay I admit I do use YAST also... a lot) > > The kernel and the apps are the same on Pro & Ent. no gain there. > > I can get you an SuSE Ent. eval if you (really) want one. > (contact me off-list for this) > > Peter > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
