On Friday 09 February 2007 07:50, Jose wrote: > Hi Gents/Ladies, > > I have a rather silly question, I have been reading about the > differences between the server and desktop editions, among different > distros, as per Suse, I find that whatever I need to install for server > apps I can find it on the 10.2 distro, without having to go for the > server edition. Aside of the support, what other difference exists > between the free 10.2 and the enterprise server edition on Suse?
At my old company we had 12 SLES servers running. The major differences are in the support as mentioned by Chuck and the levels of software. Typically SUSE Professional (now OpenSUSE) runs "bleeding edge" versions of products that may not have gone through rigerous testing to ensure compatibility, longevity and stability. (Not to say that they're bad, just not as tested.) OpenSUSE only has support for two years. SLES will be running "older" or more stable versions of the kernel and software packages which have been tested thouroughly by Novell and are supported by Novell for seven - IIRC - years. This is designed for the frazzled system admin geek who doesn't want to be trusing massive databases on new software. Also for us Systems managers, we can fall back on a corporate support system for any OS-related issues. -- kai Free Compean and Ramos http://www.perfectreign.com/?q=node/46 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
