Well, SuSE + Novell managed to drop a bombshell:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62400
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62435
The distro is going multi-tier. OpenSUSE will be the community-based
version of the distribution, also known as SuSE Linux. No commercial,
support for this from SuSE. SuSE Linux Professional will remain the
boxed set as it currently is, and it's derived from / based on the
larger community project. The SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and its
Novell linux Desktop counterpart remain as is, based on SuSE Linux Pro.
Seems like a smart move to me. What I particular like is that many more
packages will be available for the distribution.
Also, beta testing will now be public, starting next week for SuSE 10.0.
I will be participating, and we should pool some download resources.
Keep in mind that the change has only just started, many things which
are in the pipeline won't be ready for 10.0 this time. Ie whatever
happens now with 10.0 isn't the last word.
Everything will be available under opensuse.{com,net,org,de} next week.
Volker
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