Very cool! I just got my SuSE 9.3 DVD in the mail yesterday, haven't had the chance to install it yet, with this happening I can hope for more software to run on it too :-)
> 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 > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in > header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. > > >
