Hi houghi, On Saturday 21 January 2006 16:55, houghi wrote: > Will there be a renaming from SUSE OSS to openSUSE as discussed in > the past? For people it is not clear what is what and when you look > at the realease table, there are so many explanations needed (5 of > them), because it is not clear otherwise.
The differences between the versions were discussed many times. Anyone can search the mailing list archive, and BTW, nobody asked what's the difference between OSS and Eval in the past 1-2 months. > It feels as if there are way too many versions with only minor > differences. As they will be identical after adding Installation > Sources, is it really needed to have that many versions? > > e.g. why the Evaluation AND the OSS version? Drop the Evaluation and > use the space for a CD 6 for those who need the software on CD. Personally, I prefer the Eval DVD because it contains all I need for my desktop and I don't need to re-master the iso. Regarding the "so many" versions... I think the users must have the right to choose what's best for them. > Two versions with clear distictions. I am sure Novell will be able to > still sell support on the OSS version, jus as they do with the > Evaluation version. A lot simpeler for new people to choose from. > Sure a lot of people will ask what the difference is. Explaining this > will be however a LOT easier. You must also think that there are still people without permanent connection to the internet. What should they do? Connect to the internet everytime they need a package from the extra repository? The way it's now, they can ask a friend to download the Eval CD which contains all you need for your workstation (Java, Flash Player, Real Player). > ¹If there would be a tool available that would turn the 5 (or 6) CD's > into 1 DVD on Linux, Mac and Windows (OK, three tools) the DVD for > OSS would not even be needed, again saving lots of space. Like I said before, I don't like to re-master the iso, and I'm sure there are a lot of users out there who will not be so happy to spend about 30min to 1 hour just to turn the CD's in one DVD. BTW, welcome back :-) Cheers, -- Liviu Damian Mobile phone: +40 741 226993 URL: http://liviudm.blogspot.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
