On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 18:49 +0800, williamkow wrote: > Could anybody highlight me 'some' of the major differences between > OpenSuSE 10.3 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (SLED). > > Can I install SLED on my home computer without paying a free and > it will not expired or stop me from using if I paying subscription fees ? > > Thanks. > > > </Download?buildid=ecpCimnsrFE%7E>
SLED10 is Novell's fully tested and supported (Enterprise ready) version of desktop linux. It is GPL software and therefore free(as in beer) for the downloading. It will not expire or become in any way incapacitated if you do not register and or pay for a subscription. The caveat being it will also not get any security updates or patches, until you register it and pay for a subscription, after the initial 30 days of free service. It also does not get any package version upgrades. Therefore, as en example even SLED10sp1 still runs GAIM and not PIDGIN and never will, that will only change when SLED11 comes out. It doesn't mean that you can't force it, but then you might as well be on openSUSE if you are willing to change packages and use a partially tested (read as cutting edge) community version. Using SLED in any environment i.e. Home, small office, laptop, corporate headquarters is 100% OK with Novell. All Novell wants of you is to pay for an updates subscription and this is not mandatory. -- James Tremblay Director of Technology Newmarket School District 213 S. Main st Newmarket NH, 03857 603-659-3271 *318 CNE 3,4,5 MCSE w2k CLE in training Registered Linux user #440182 http://en.opensuse.org/Education Good things to read! http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
