Let's not start this thread again. SuSE does make their GA code available, for free, for evaluation purposes, for a limited time (with no support), on CDs. You simply have to email them and ask. At the end of the evaluation if you decide not to purchase the product, you simply return the CDs, and you're done. You can FTP download their Beta code for free, with no obligation whatsoever. You also have the option of getting a set of evaluation CDs _with_support_ for $500. Again, if you decide not to go production, then you return the CDs, and you're done. I personally consider those terms eminently reasonable for doing evaluations, particularly the $500 charge for support. I probably wouldn't pay it because I don't think I would need it, but a lot of people are less egotistical than I. :)
SuSE has a 64-bit version of 2.4 in Beta testing, with GA expected sometime next month. The Beta code is free for download. Red Hat makes their entire distribution available for free download, as individual files. For whatever reason, they stopped creating .iso files for downloading, but I don't consider that a major problem either. Red Hat also has a 64-bit version of 2.4 in Beta testing, GA date unknown. Again, it is free for download. Turbolinux still considers their 2.4-based distribution Beta code, but it is free for download with free registration. Mi||enux has a 2.4-based distribution that is free for download. Debian still considers their 2.4-based distribution Beta code, but it is free for download. (I'm not familiar with Debian, but I believe the only reason it is still in Beta mode is that they're upgrading various packages for various platforms to what they consider stable levels, and when they're happy with that for all the platforms they support, it will be declared GA.) Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Peter Webb, Toronto Transit Commission [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux S/390 Compatible Disk Layout. You bet! With SuSe you have to pay to get the GA version, but with RedHat it is a free download. See http://linuxvm.org for the download links. We are currently running RedHat with a 2.4.9-17 kernel for testing. > -----Original Message----- > From: James Melin [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 10:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Linux S/390 Compatible Disk Layout. > > So are there distributions from SuSe/Redhat at te 2.4 kernel level yet? > This would be a faboo feature for us here.
