interesting points, thanks for the info. I guess I'll decide against sending SuSE any money and will probably just buy two copies of RH. > ---------- > From: Wolfgang Pfeiffer[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 12:46 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: OT: SuSE review > > On Nov 17, 2001, 10:58 (-0500) Green, Aaron wrote: > > > I agree with the minor differences, but obviously, some focus more on > > the personal desktop (ex. Mandrake). I'm just wondering who is focusing > > on ease of use, where as I look at Red Hat as a mix of ease of use, > > stability, and power. Completely opposite of ease of use is slackware > > and debian. > > > > > ---------- > > > From: Brian Ashe[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2001 8:21 AM > > > To: Green, Aaron > > > Subject: Re: OT: SuSE review > > > > > > Hi Aaron, > > > > > > On Saturday, November 17, 2001, 7:17:00 AM, you babbled something about: > > > > > > GA> Did anyone read the SuSE 7.3 review at The Register? I kind of got the >impression that SuSE makes a better personal desktop distro, can anyone confirm or >deny this that's used RH and SuSE? I'm > > > GA> asking in the context of "a windows replacement" My wife uses Mandrake >right now, but I'm about to upgrade. > > > > > > Unfortunately, reviews of Linux distros are very hard to really go on. I > > > know that reading those (T. Green's first and second RH vs M$ XP and the > > > SUSE review) it could easily seem as though SUSE has the whole thing figured > > > out. But in reality, it is much more of a "If it installs easily, you're > > > likely to love it" kind of thing. > > > > > > [ ... ] > > > > > > > I can certainly not recommend against it, but I see little difference > > > between the distros any more except the "quirks" that usually make me decide > > > to just keep everything on one distro. > > > > > > [ ... ] > > > ... some reasons *for me* I probably never will touch SuSe even > with my fingertips: > > 1: > As far as I understood it, you cannot easily download a free complete > SuSe version as you still can do this with RedHat. > > http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-linux-e/2001-Apr/0010.html > > > According to > http://www.linuxiso.org/suse.html > > " ... Intel 7.3 Live Evaluation iso (runs from cd only) ... " > > > 2: > > But the fact you can use a real SuSe system only -- as it seems -- if you > have enough money to pay for it is not the most important compared to the > following: > > "YaST is not free software" (Note: Yast is property of Suse) > http://lists.cglug.org/pipermail/members/2000q3/000022.html > > Their Yast license basically says you can change the Yast source, but > you're not allowed to sell it without "written consent of SuSE GmbH", but > Suse is allowed to *sell* your edited version: > > http://garbo.uwasa.fi/pub/linux/distributions/SuSE/7.2/COPYRIGHT.yast > " ... SuSE GmbH reserves the right to accept parts or all amendments of a > modified version of YaST into the official version of YaST free of > charge. The Licensee has no bearing on this. ... " > > And this exactly is why I say Suse have given up more or less the idea of > Free Software, with the consequence, that I advise everybody interested in > it to buy every possible Linux distro she or he wants to test *except* the > Suse one. > > Bye > > Wolfgang > > > -- > http://www.geocities.com/wolfgangpfeiffer/w3m.html > > EPOCH 1006022499 > > -- END TRANSMISSION -- > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list >
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