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Re: Free Linux to run Oracle

From: Tim <TimDHenderson_at_comcast.net>
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:45:04 -0600
Message-ID: <9eqdnUPwmNrD6tPYnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@comcast.com>


HansF wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 17:14:56 -0600, Tim wrote:
>
>

>>Mladen Gogala wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:46:35 +0000, Tim wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>
>>>Thanks! That's what I was asking for. Is it OpenSuSE 10.1 or SuSE 10.1?
>>>SuSE is not free, while OpenSuSE is similar to Fedora.
>>>
>>
>>I downloaded SuSE 10.1 quite a while back.  I don't think at that time 
>>is was called 'OpenSuSE', it was a limited time (introductory) download 
>>from Novell that was not called Enterprise version.  It looks to me like 
>>it is the same as the current OPEN SuSE 10.1 however.  If I were going 
>>to download SuSE again, I would do the Open SuSE 10.1 ..

>
>
>
> As far as I can tell, there is no SuSE 10, SuSE 10.1, openSuSE 10.1.
>
>
> The 'pay for support' products from Novell have the word 'Enterprise'
> in them. These are part of SuSE Linux Enterprise 10 family as described
> at http://www.novell.com/linux/ The current ones are
>
> - SuSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES)
> - SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop (SLED)
>
>
> The 'community support' product from OpenSUSE community is 'SuSE Linux'
> (without the Enterprise word). These are available from the
> http://www.openSuSE.org website. You can purchase a CD & DVD set of this,
> which some people misinterpret as making the distro not-free.
>
>
> Unfortunately, the OpenSUSE community appears not to have settled on
> whether they want the word 'open' in the name of the distro. We have 'SuSE
> Linux 10', 'SuSE Linux 10.1' and 'openSuSE 10.2' is currently in beta.

Just download this, or as pointed out, buy the media. http://en.opensuse.org/Released_Version Received on Sun Nov 05 2006 - 17:45:04 CST

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