A quick comparison of the RPMs in each platform seems to indicate that most of the server packages in SUSE 10.1 are _not_ in SLED 10. Makes some sense, if it really is supposed to be a true desktop machine. There also seem to be desktop-specific customizations of KDE and GNOME, probably for branding purposes.
Madwifi, Groupwise, and some non-OSS packages (RealPlayer, Acrobat reader, etc.) are in SLED, but not SUSE 10.1. Xen is in SUSE 10.1, but not SLED. On a very gross level, there are 1,803 RPM packages in SLED10. SUSE 10.1 has 2,676 RPM packages. None of this gives any indication of what gets automagically set up during installation, of course. Both SUSE 10.1 and SLED 10 are able to participate in Active Directory. It's mostly a question of how easy it is to set that up. It could be that the SLED installer asks about that, and SUSE 10.1 does not. I hope to find out some time in the next few, umm, months. Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 9:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: SLES 10 "installation" experience, and other things -snip- Just a bunch of OT questions. Can anybody tell me the real difference between the SuSE Linux 10.1 that I can buy (for Intel/AMD) versus the downloadable SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop? It is just a matter of support? Or maintenance levels? Or are there "extras" in SLED that are not in the "home" version? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
