On Saturday 21 January 2006 15:55, houghi wrote: > I know this has come up in the past and now is as good a time to restart > it as any time. > > 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. At least for SL 10.1 we'll have the openSUSE project and the distribution SUSE Linux. But we'are happy having this discussion at FOSDEM. > > First you have the distribution, then you have the status, then you have > the edition and also the naming for some (Factory anybody?) > > 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? Right there are to many versions out there which tends to confusion and spoils mirror space. Especially 2 CD version (OSS and Eval) for download lead to confusion. > > 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. We plan to skip the EVAL CD and offer a 6th CD with binary stuff. So anybody can decide wether open source is the right choice or the a version with addtional proprietary packages. And the DVD versions for download include binary stuff by default.
Regards Michael > > This would make things less complicated. You have the full retail version. > Boxed. You get support, DVD and CD's and a nice box. > Next you have the OSS version (preferably named openSUSE) wich you can > download as DVD or CD.¹ > > 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. > > 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. > > houghi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
