On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 02:33:02PM +0200, Liviu Damian wrote: > 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.
I know it was discussed many times. There even is a voting page on it. However there has been no decission taken with either: we will keep the name SUSE OSS, no matter what, or We will listen to the comunity and rename it to what peopel want, wich is openSUSE. So indeed we could stop discussing and let Novell or SUSE people tell what the decission is and why. > 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. I agree with the choice part. The differences unfortunatly are so small that it becomes confusing. If many more people like the Eval one, instead of the OSS one, ditch the OSS one. > 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). For that I was talking about a disk 6. > > 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. Downloading 24 hours and then complaining about 1 hour? For something that is free? ;-) Like I said, if the majority likes the Eval, then ditch the OSS one. They are too similar to live next to each other. However how I see it, if you want the ease, buy the boxed set. Otherwise use the OSS one. Wether or not the OSS should be available as DVD as well is another discussion. Now if they want to go with choices, you could make almost as many distributions as there are users around. houghi -- The trouble with being punctual is that people think you have nothing more important to do. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
