On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, Randall R Schulz wrote:
> Martin,
>
> On Monday 10 October 2005 00:39, 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.
>
> Unbelievable.
>
> Why is there so much misinformation on the content of the various
> releases? Up 'til now, I've been under the distinct impression that the
> on-line DVD image was identical to the boxed-set DVD.
We'll exchange our README.txt on the ftp servers to make it clearer:
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Dear visitor of this 10.0 iso directory on ftp.suse.com or a valued
mirror,
You can find the iso images for the installation in this directory:
SUSE-10.0-CD-i386-GM-CD*.iso
5 CDs i386 for installation from CD-R or from an ftp server with
mounted iso images. Other network transfer protocols are
available, too. Check it out!
Content: Fully functional 32-bit version of SUSE Linux 10.0,
inclusive useful commercial applications like Adobe Reader,
Flashplayer, RealPlayer, SUN Java and more.
Identical to the 5 CDs included in the SUSE Linux 10.0 retail box.
Contains only 32 bit applications.
The amount of software packages is reduced compared to the double
layer DVD of the retail box.
SUSE-10.0-EvalDVD-i386-GM.iso
Same content as 5 CDs listed above, mastered on an installable
DVD for more convenience.
SUSE-10.0-EvalDVD-x86_64-GM.iso
Same packages for x86-64 (AMD64 and EM64T) as on the DVD above.
SUSE-10.0-LiveDVD.iso
Live DVD, boot from it and enjoy SUSE Linux without any risk.
Runs from your DVD drive without changing anything on your
hard disk.
For additional software, check the openSUSE mirrors, they have a large FTP
tree together with the source RPMs. Details can be found at
http://www.opensuse.org.
regards,
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Phone: +49 (0) 911 740 530 Fax: +49 (0) 911 740 53 575
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