[wplug] Novell to acquire SUSE

[Robert Coutch]

It's too early to download SuSE 9 - It's still RC1 on the ftp site.

It seems like it hits the store shelves first then later is available on the 
ftp server.
SuSE doesn't do iso's except for live evaluation CD's (of which 9-RC1 is 
available).

I'm a little on the lazy side so I like paying the $$ for the CD's.

As for the pronounciation - I've been saying "Susie" (like the girl's name) 
for years.
I should have known better since I had 2 years of German in High School.
Ach du Leiber !!!!

I'm a huge SuSE fan since 7.1. I hope the Novell purchase will only mean good 
things down the road. I hope the desktop versions continue as the always 
have. I'm sure quite a few Europeans are hoping for the same.

I like Novell and Linux so I'm enthusiastic about where this may take both 
OS's in the future.

Someone else already mentioned there will always be free distros of Linux and 
I have to agree. If Red Hat and SuSE become unvailable to the (not so 
wealthly) end users, we can always find another.

I have to think that the changes at Red Hat and SuSE will NOT leave the Linux
faithful out in the cold. After all, we're there best source of testers and 
their original supporters. I don't think they will abandon us.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Don't forget about FreeBSD !! It's another good alternative.


-Bob

On Tuesday 04 November 2003 12:56 pm, Christopher Galik wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-11-04 at 09:25, Chris wrote:
> > There was just a discussing about RedHat and Fedora.  What's everyone's
> > opinion about Novell acquiring SUSE?
>
> I myself use SuSE 8.2 both at work and at home, as well as on my
> laptop.  SuSE is currently my distribution of choice.  I have to wonder
> tho, is this the reason that you are unable to install SuSE 9 from the
> internet?  Am I _finally_ going to have to shell out 40+ dollars for the
> operating system that I have previously used free of charge?  I would
> love to take advantage of the new features SuSE 9 has to offer, but I
> hate buying things mail-order (when I want it I want it _NOW_), and I'm
> still checking SuSE's FTP server for a downloadable copy of 9.0... but
> with every passing day I expect even less for it to be there.
>
> -c.