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SUSE Linux 9.3 FTP Version Released

Posted by timothy on from the plethora-of-choices dept.

twener writes "Nine weeks after the official release of SUSE Linux 9.3 Professional Novell has made available the FTP edition for everyone as a 4.2GB DVD ISO image (both i586 and x86_64) or 5 CD images (stripped-down, i586 only) on their mirrors. Additionally, all until-now missing RPMs have been uploaded, so you can also do a network installation using the 57MB netinstall ISO." Update: 06/27 19:37 GMT by T : Yes, that's RPMs, not RMPs. Sorry!

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  1. For those who run SuSE by Frumious+Wombat · · Score: 3, Interesting

    How has the takeover by Novell affected your perception of the stability of the system? I stopped running SuSE somewhere around 8.2 when a binary driver from Adaptec, certified on both SuSE and RedHat, ran stabiliy on RH 9.0 and locked up under load on SuSE. I was sorry to let it go, as RH's desktop at that point seemed to unfinished in comparison.

    I had always liked the overall polish of the system, and stuck with it even after they abandoned rc.config for the standard (sigh) sys-v init.d scripts. It was, at the time, similar to RH in being cutting edge, without taking that last step over the cliff.

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    1. Re:For those who run SuSE by Erik+Hensema · · Score: 3, Informative
      The only changes I've seen so far are:
      • Yast is GPL'ed
      • The above means it's legal to distribute iso images
      • Better gnome support
      • Some novell logos here and there
      I haven't tried 9.3 yet, but I will upgrade my 9.2 workstation to 9.3 somewhere next week I think.

      The stability is very good in my experience. I don't think I've ever encountered a crash on a server which wasn't hardware-related. Yes, desktops do crash, but that is to be expected, sadly. There's simply too much hardware to support and the user simply does far too many stupid things.

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  2. That's good to see... by soren42 · · Score: 4, Insightful


    It's very nice to see Novell getting wise to the community. One of the biggest complaints I've always heard about SuSE was that they never made ISOs available to download. I think this a reasonable compromise - waiting several weeks to make ISOs available via FTP. That lets early-adopters buy the boxed copies and allows everyone else to wait a few weeks for an ISO download. I think this is commendable.

    On the technology side, I've been using 9.3 Pro since it was released - and I've never been more impressed with a Linux distro. All of my complaints about 9.2 Pro and Novell Linux Desktop have been answered... there's better KDE/GNOME integration, enhanced YaST modules, and drivers for more recent hardware. Add to that new apps like Beagle, and I think 9.3 Pro is a glimpse of things to come in the next Novell Linux Desktop and SuSE Linux Enterprise.

    Well done, guys. Keep up the good work!

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  3. Package Sources by linuxpoweredtrekkie · · Score: 2, Informative

    If you install using the 5cds you can still access all the packages from the full mirror simply by adding a mirror as a yast source, see http://susewiki.apanela.com/tutorials:yastsources

  4. Re:RMP? by eyeye · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think its a typo it should be RPM - Revs per minute. Basically if the the burned disc misses revs than installation could fail.

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  5. This is so last week's news by PB8 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Already had the 5 CD set downloaded, burnt, and installed as of last Thursday from a bit torrent version that had the blessings of Novell. Yes, it indeed took several days to get it via Bit Torrent at 44kps. But it was so worth it to beat the slashdot crowd!

    Yes, getting multimedia up and running is a bit of an effort. No, it's not hard:

    How To fix multimedia in SuSE 9.3

    Yast Update Online - install the "multimedia pack 1, 2, 3" updates.

    But it doesn't have....no, wait...SuSE users frequently find additional rpm packages on Packman that meet their additional needs:

    Packman
    Have lots of fun!

    1. Re:This is so last week's news by Scaba · · Score: 2

      Here's one with the DVD, the 5 CDs and a modified DVD of only 32-bit stuff.

  6. Re:RMP? by FidelCatsro · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The human brain has a rather usefull auto corection function , I didn't even notice it ,till you mentioned the error that is.
    The mind is a wonderfull thing with many abilites , its good to put them to use now and then.

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