On Sat, 10 Sep 2005, houghi wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 11:16:33AM -0500, Langsley wrote:
> > When I first learned of openSUSE I assumed it would be
> > somewhat similar to the Fedora/Red Hat offerings. That is,
> > that there would be two separate and distinct distros. I
> > don't see how one can have two separate distros with one
> > name.
>
> There are two names and distro's : openSUSE and Novell SUSE.
> Also look at http://www.opensuse.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions
... it's the openSUSE _project_ and SUSE Linux / SUSE Linux OSS. Novell
puts SUSE Linux into retail and drives/sponsors the development of SUSE
Linux.
> > Is there now a genuine community distro of SUSE or is the download
> > version simply like other download versions of commercial distros?
>
> The comunity one is openSUSE 10.0 RC1. The `official` one is SUSE 9.3.
openSUSE 10.0 is inexistent. It's SUSE Linux 10.0 OSS, which will very
soon supersede the "stable release" SUSE Linux Professional 9.3.
> > That is, basicly a less complete (for lack of a better term) version
> > of the commercial product.
>
> Less complete in what way? Indeed some programs will not be included in
> openSUSE due to licencing. Others will not be available in the Novell
> SUSE version.
>
> All this is still in the making. At this moment I think we are in the
> process of forming the openSUSE comunity and SUSE and openSUSE will be
> almost identical. Wether this will also be in the future will depend on
> the comunity, I think.
Yes, but: s/openSUSE/SUSE Linux OSS/ ;))
Regards
Christoph
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