When is Suse 9.3 coming out?

maelstrom209 · 03-02-2005, 01:27 PM

I recently got into contact with one of the people at Novell and they told me that Suse Linux is updated every six months. I'm not quite sure what he means. Does he mean that Novell is going to release Suse 9.3 sometime down the line? I'm still pretty new to Linux and Suse so I'm not sure what the release schedule has been like. Was 9.2 release about 6 months after 9.1? If so can I assume that there will be a Suse 9.3 release really soon?

Pcghost · 03-02-2005, 03:32 PM

9.2 was about 6 months after 9.1, although it seemed quicker than that to me. 9.2 is nice, I like some of the improvements they made. If you have 9.1 and are kicking around the idea of buying 9.2 I would wait for 9.3. Virtually everything I got with 9.2 could have been had by adding the unstable branch of ftp.suse.com and the Packman repository to YaST2.

The Stranger · 03-02-2005, 07:48 PM

Pcghost,

I am curious as to how one would add that Packman ftp site to yast? I am unfamiliar with all this and have seen alot of people who like that packman site.

-TS-

EDIT** Nevermind, I see your link in your sig....sorry for this....

youngtom · 03-04-2005, 11:45 AM

I've heard that Suse 9.3 is coming out sometime in April.

pattont · 03-04-2005, 04:19 PM

how hard is it 2 upgrade if you have 9.2 pro??

KimVette · 03-04-2005, 05:12 PM

It's even easier than the original install of Suse.

Just don't "upgrade" from 9.2 Pro to 9.3 Personal because it will remove the commercial apps which came with Pro, plus it will remove all the development packages.

maelstrom209 · 03-04-2005, 08:54 PM

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Originally posted by KimVette
It's even easier than the original install of Suse.

Just don't "upgrade" from 9.2 Pro to 9.3 Personal because it will remove the commercial apps which came with Pro, plus it will remove all the development packages.

I'm sorry but I didn't understand your post.

Xian · 03-04-2005, 09:48 PM

Don't worry over that. SuSE doesn't release personal versions anymore.

pattont · 03-04-2005, 10:51 PM

why is there a copy of non-pro to download and a copy of pro 2 buy..

dth1 · 03-05-2005, 10:04 AM

9.3 is due out in April.

To add sites to your yast for updating and extending the range of software see the sticky at the top of this page.

Marrea · 03-05-2005, 11:19 AM

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Originally posted by dth1

9.3 is due out in April.

Is that definite, dth1, ie has it been officially announced by Novell?

KimVette · 03-05-2005, 11:22 AM

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Originally posted by Xian
Don't worry over that. SuSE doesn't release personal versions anymore.

Be sure to let Novell know, because I just downloaded it last week.

Seriously though, Suse Personal still does exist and version 9.2 is available - they just released Personal later than Pro, that's all.

Zodar · 03-05-2005, 12:17 PM

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Originally posted by The Stranger
Pcghost,

I am curious as to how one would add that Packman ftp site to yast? I am unfamiliar with all this and have seen alot of people who like that packman site.

-TS-

EDIT** Nevermind, I see your link in your sig....sorry for this....

Open YASt, "change source installation", "Add", select "HTTP"
Server Name: packman.iu-bremen.de
Directory: suse/9.2/

Select Anonymous login... That's all
(I set packamn as first choice, with button "up"... but this optional)

Zodar

dth1 · 03-05-2005, 01:39 PM

Marrea - I haven't seen anything official but on another site it shows a release date of the 13th April. Also it is to be version 9.3 rather than 10.0 (which is different to the version 8 as that went 8.0 8.1 8.2 then to 9.0).

As to what it will include I don't know! I assume kde 3.4 but since you can download that already?!?!?! Also I think that there is a newer version of Open Office (since 9.2) although I tend to just use KOffice.

Xian · 03-05-2005, 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by KimVette
Be sure to let Novell know, because I just downloaded it last week.

You downloaded a 9.2 personal ISO version? Where was this from?