Re: Suse Model
"William Hooper" <[email protected]>
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David Krider said: [snip] > I also like their distribution model. They allow you to download > all their distro, so that you can install it over the network, > but you can't download iso's [snip] Makes it a real PITA if you don't have broadband, though. At least with RH you can have a friend with broadband download the ISOs for you. > If RedHat would just reconsider their support timeframes, and > extend them to 2 years for the consumer product. I wouldn't > have any interest in trying out Suse, Mandrake, Gentoo, or Debian. > > Hint, hint, > dk Funny Mandrake has the same 12 month policy (18 months for what they consider "base" packages, though), Gentoo has NO support (from what I can see). A number of commercial companies tried to base distros on Debian, but not too many of them are still around... -- William Hooper -- Phoebe-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/phoebe-list