On Sat, Sep 10, 2005 at 07:14:12PM +0200, jdd wrote:
> Christoph Thiel wrote:
> 
> >Let me give you a short explanation on the naming and the openSUSE 
> >project:
> >
> > - openSUSE is the development project to open up the development process 
> >   used to create SUSE Linux to the community.
> > - The distribtuion that we all are working on is called SUSE Linux.
> > - SUSE Linux is available in two "flavors":
> >   * SUSE Linux OSS - a version of SUSE Linux that only contains open 
> >     source software. This version is available for download on all the 
> >     mirrors our there.
> >   * SUSE Linux - that's the retail version: It can be regard as a 
> >     superset of SUSE Linux OSS, which also contains some proprietary 
> >     bits, binary-only drivers and stuff like that. Not to mention 
> >     end-user documentation, installation support and MP3 playback 
> >     support.
> > - Note: The packages that are in SUSE Linux OSS and SUSE Linux are 
> >   binary-identical.
> 
> Very good :-)
> 

> this very text should be on a wiki page (if not already :-), 
> probably right here
> 
> http://www.opensuse.org/Project_overview

No [edit] for that page, so somebody else needs to do it.
I think it should also be included in the FAQ on question one:
What is the openSUSE project?

> recurrent discussion proves that the FAQ is not enough

Indeed and as my wrong answers indicated, there needs to be more clearity.

houghi
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