SuSE Linux 9.3 Pro Released

InnerPhalanx writes "Today, SuSE Linux 9.3 Professional was released. After submitting the 9.2 update, I decided I should submit another article. The suggested retail price is $99.95 US. An update version is available for $59.95 US, in case you have an earlier version of SuSE Pro. More information, especially news about the product itself, is available here. As usual, there's a Live DVD release of SuSE 9.3 Pro as well as the 9.2 Pro Evaluation Version DVD ISO."

Comments

Re:MP3?

[Mad Merlin]

Doesn't say if they fixed the lack of MP3 support.

There's nothing to "fix" from a technology perspective, it's a legal/IP issue. AFAIK, the paid version includes such things out of the box, and the download version does not.

Re:It's crippled.

[antikristian]

open the "change installation source" (or something similar, I use norwegian on mine) choose add - http type in packman.iu-bremen.de in the first field, then type in suse/9.3 in the second. now remove xine and kaffeine with add/remove packages, then you can install xine, mplayer, w32codecs, divx, xvid ++++

Re:GPL

[mstandfest]

actually, it is legal to distribute suse for free. i contacted them about a year ago about it. (i bought a box set of 9.0 pro and we wanted to install it on a box at work just for fun, and to hand out copies to my co-workers.) i eventually got in touch with their licensing/legal department and found out that it is ok. it's not legal to sell it because of the old YaST licensing, but it is legal to give copies away for free.

Re:GPL

[Erik Hensema]

How does charging for this comply with the GPL?

I can see how they're allowed to charge for it, but aren't others also allowed to distribute Suse for free?

The DVD edition of suse pro also includes some commercial software which can't be distributed. The FTP version (available in a month or two) won't include that software and will be completely free to distribute.