Thanks for your clear explanation. But I still have some doubt.
As you said that, if I did NOT registerred and NOT paying the subscription,
I will NOT able to get version upgrade and NO patches,
and also the repositories may NOT allow to upgrade as well (can not GAIM
to PIDGIN)
So, whenever there is a new SLED version is released,
SLED users can ignore to do the version upgrade, becuase no subsription,
and my question is,
can SLED users install the patches, manually, and then
can SLED users do a manual uninstall the old version of repository
(eg. GAIM)
and then manually install the new version of repository (eg. PIDGIN)
Please advise me whether it is possible and it is allowed by SLED ? Thanks.
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James Tremblay wrote:
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 NOT paying subscription fees ?
Thanks.
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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.
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