On Sat, May 13, 2006 at 08:12:42AM +0200, Erhard Sanio wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I realized that in 10.1, I am forced to register at
> Novell in order to be able to activate Yast Online
> Update even when I chose the OSS version. This made
> me abort the installation.
>
> I am SuSE user since 1995, but I absolutely dislike
> to be blackmailed to disclose any bit of my privacy.
>
> IP addresses (because dynamic) and hostnames (because
> subject of change) are useless for the spies anyway.
>
> Is there a way to circumvent that annoying attempt
> on my privacy? Otherwise this means goodbye SuSE.
> I would regret, but other Linux projects do not try
> to force me to deliver my secrets to them
- You can restrict the information it sends on your
hardware and system to a minimum.
- You can just add a update source by hand, registration
is not required.
<susemirror>/pub/suse/update/10.1
for instance, use as source in Germany:
ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/suse/update/10.1/
Ciao, Marcus
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