On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:39:14AM +0200, Martin Sommer wrote: > Let me make it a little clearer. The 5 CDs on the mirrors are the same as > the 5 CDs in the retail box. The EvalDVD has also the content of the 5 > CDs. Vor convenience, it's mastered as a DVD. The name "Eval" is because > it > > 1. is not the DVD of the box > 2. has much less content than the DVD of the box since the boxed DVD has > 8.5 GB and the EvalDVD has 3.5 GB. > > Everything clear now?
No, not really. The name evaluation is still confising for people who do not read this message and come to the site. The name should be in such a way understandable that you do not need to post a clarification. The amount of questions around this should make it clear that people unfortunatly do not understand these differences. I understand that the thought behind it is that you use the download version to `evaluate` it to be made interested to but the retail version. The average user however things that SUSE Linux OSS fits that description already. It is even more confusing if the OSS and the Eval are binary identical, with the OSS having less software. Why should I download the OSS instead of the Eval? My opnion is that the Eval and the OSS are so close together that you should drop one. Just add a 6th CD with all the non-OSS stuff for people to download that can be added as an instalation source. The space you make available could be made available for an OSS DVD. So for 10.0 I would go this way: 1 Retail (Full DVD+6CD set) 1 OSS (5CD or DVD with the same content) 1 CD with extra's that can be used as an instalation source. I know how to make my own DVD from the CD's, so for me you can drop that part. ;-) houghi -- Quote correct (NL) http://www.briachons.org/art/quote/ Zitiere richtig (DE) http://www.afaik.de/usenet/faq/zitieren Quote correctly (EN) http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
