[wplug] suse

[Coutch, Robert]

The reason I pay for a distro can be summed up in one "word".

56K

I haven't spent the $$ on a high speed connection yet.

Have you ever tried to download iso's over a modem?
I took me three days per CD for RedHat 7.2 (and I downloaded 3 CD's).

I've been running over to my Dad's house to use his new Cable modem
connection.
I downloaded RedHat 8 and FreeBSD 4.7-Release - WOW is his connection fast.

Sometime it's nice to have a box with books and they even throw in some
stickers
(SuSE even puts a lapel pin in the box). That's gotta be worth $40 right
there !!!

It works well for me to buy the Personal Editions of Linux and then download
addition
packages I need.

After reading some of the RedHat posts and linked articles,
I'm full of FUD about using RedHat as a desktop OS.

I'm waiting for SuSE to release a kernel 2.6 version, then I'll upgrade.


-Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: R.E.Coutch [mailto:coutchre at usaor.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:56 AM
To: coutchre at tvratings.com
Subject: Re: [wplug] suse


Thank you for your information.  I was also interested in the Suse manuals
and their 60 day support.  Which I have used and found it very helpful:-)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Vanco, Donald" <VANCOD at pios.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:02 AM
Subject: RE: [wplug] suse


> MARSHA ISAACS wrote:
> > Hello Mark,
> >
> > Thank you for the response.  Although I have used and liked the
> > Mandrake
> > 8.2, I wanted to upgrade to the fullest linux I coud get at the best
> > price. Read good comments about Suse on C/NET, TECHTV, etc.  Priced
> > it compared to RH and MND.  I hoped it was as good as some of the
> > reviews. Thought I'd ask more advanced than I about their
> > experiences. I got the 7 disk Suse Pro for $70 as compared to $160
> > for the others.  I'll let you know my experience withit. Thank you
> > for you for your comments.helpful.
> >
> > Best Regards,
> > Paul
>
>
> You folks realize that your comparing prices on FREE software - right?
>
> When you pay for RH or Mandrake or SuSE what you're paying for is the box,
> the media, the books, and whatever support the particular package has with
> it.
> The $40 version of Red Hat has the EXACT same install binary disks as the
> $200 version - the difference is the inclusion of the garbage application
> CDs and the SUPPORT.
>
> ALL of the contents of ALL of those distros is OpenSource (perhaps a few
> time bombed apps aren't)
>
> You can get ISOs of all but SuSE from any of dozens of mirrors out there.
>
> All of the applications they include are likewise available from dozens of
> mirrors.
>
> If you _need_ support that's fine, but choosing a distro based on price is
> not good reasoning.  It's Linux - it's Free.
>
> Don
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Dalrymple" <wplug at badgertronics.com>
> > To: <wplug at wplug.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 10:36 PM
> > Subject: Re: [wplug] suse
> >
> >
> >>> does anyone use suse?  it is seldom mentioned by wplug members.
> >>> Any = comments about it?
> >>
> >> I used it on my colocated internet box (which is now at home).  It's
> >> nice. It works.  It has great support for Oracle, which I was
> >> heavily into awhile back.
> >>
> >> ++Mark Dalrymple, markd at badgertronics.com.  http://badgertronics.com
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