> Novell/Suse are offering 30days of free support and the distro > completely free?
Yes, but only for 30 days. Be aware that updates are password protected, and you have to buy the license to get the password. The free password I'd expect to stop working after 30 days. Nobody sane would run without updates. Still, fair offer. No idea how much it costs, but the previous version was several times cheaper than RH. A copy of SLES8 is on the Novell training media which was used recently on the course (which were mentioned on this list), but that wasn't including any updates. I hear there are a few seriously helpful server system configuration things in yast in SLES, so good chance to peek for the cost of the time involved. I'm still debating whether I have the time... Anyone downloaded yet? We should share disks. Interest...? SuSE has been available preinstalled on IBM hardware for yonkies years. > Pre-installation is Linux' biggest problem. There isn't enough of it. If > Linux came pre-installed it could be almost as easy as Windows. True. I'd be prepared to offer installation for a small fee. Perhaps CLUG would also be interested in taking this up. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
