Suse 9.3

little_penguin · 07-10-2005, 09:46 AM

Anyone know when Novell will make Suse 9.3 available for full download release?

Also, out of intrest, what do you think Suse`s future will be?
Do you think the brand will merge into and become Novell Linux?
Also, if it does, does this mean there will no longer be free versions or do you think Novell will support this idea?
I certainly do hope so, actually I was thinking a fedora foundation idea would be good,
Suse gets spun-off into a free community version, which Novell can use for its commercial product, it seems like a good way, then everyone is happy.

For a name I sujest Suse Community Linux.

abisko00 · 07-10-2005, 09:55 AM

Hmm, from what I know everythink you ask about has happened:

SUSE FTP/ISO 9.3 has been released in the beginning of July

SUSE has become Novell, they just keep SUSE as a brand name, but the products get more and more merged, I think.

Novell uses parts of SUSE for their commercial products.

little_penguin · 07-10-2005, 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by abisko00
Hmm, from what I know everythink you ask about has happened:

SUSE FTP/ISO 9.3 has been released in the beginning of July

SUSE has become Novell, they just keep SUSE as a brand name, but the products get more and more merged, I think.

Novell uses parts of SUSE for their commercial products.

I think that is only the Live Version they have released isnt it?

Yeah, I hope they keep Suse free though as it is a good distro.

abisko00 · 07-10-2005, 10:21 AM

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I think that is only the Live Version they have released isnt it?

No, it's the full FTP version, an installable DVD version and the 5 CD set. Have a look here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.3
or better, pick a mirror: http://www.novell.com/products/linux...t_mirrors.html
The iso's are called EVAL version, but this doesn't mean that they expire. They just have no support and a reduced software selection, which you can supplement from the FTP version.

fouldsy · 07-10-2005, 10:27 AM

Looks to me like the full 5-CD set is up on the SuSE FTP's to download the ISO's, not just the 9.3 live-CD. There's a 9.3 DVD up there that says Eval, but not sure what they mean. Have tried the 9.1 and 9.2 downloads in the past and they worked. Check out your local SuSE mirror and have a poke around, that's all I did!

Edit- Just noticed the same stuff has been posted whilst I was writing my reply!

little_penguin · 07-10-2005, 10:34 AM

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Originally posted by abisko00
No, it's the full FTP version, an installable DVD version and the 5 CD set. Have a look here: ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/9.3
or better, pick a mirror: http://www.novell.com/products/linux...t_mirrors.html
The iso's are called EVAL version, but this doesn't mean that they expire. They just have no support and a reduced software selection, which you can supplement from the FTP version.

Isnt the eval version the one that runs from the dvd only?

little_penguin · 07-10-2005, 10:35 AM

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Originally posted by fouldsy
Looks to me like the full 5-CD set is up on the SuSE FTP's to download the ISO's, not just the 9.3 live-CD. There's a 9.3 DVD up there that says Eval, but not sure what they mean. Have tried the 9.1 and 9.2 downloads in the past and they worked. Check out your local SuSE mirror and have a poke around, that's all I did!

Edit- Just noticed the same stuff has been posted whilst I was writing my reply!

Isnt that the live dvd though?

abisko00 · 07-10-2005, 10:36 AM

No! Why don't you have a look at the README in the respective folder. The LiveDVD is called Live and The EVAL called EVAL. Trust me!

little_penguin · 07-10-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally posted by abisko00
No! Why don't you have a look at the README in the respective folder. The LiveDVD is called Live and The EVAL called EVAL. Trust me!

Ah, cool, okay