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SUSE Linux Becomes openSUSE

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the radical-new-direction dept.

houghi writes "With the anouncement of the release of SUSE Linux 10.2 Alpha 2 there is also an anouncement that SUSE Linux will be renamend to openSUSE. A very logical step to clear things up. The name went from S.u.S.E over SuSE to SUSE Linux and for many people it was not clear what the name realy was. It also points out the importance Novell gives the the openness of the whole openSUSE project."

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  1. What are the ramifications? by kimvette · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Does this mean that the following will no longer be bundled and have to be downloaded separately?

      - Real Player
      - Planmaker
      - Textmaker
      - Java (and dependent packages)
      - Opera]
      - ATI drivers
      - NVidia drivers

    Yeah, I know, CD #6 contains some of the extras, but it sure is nice to get them all on one DVD like the retail SuSE has offered. It's more convenient than OpenSuSE has been.

    I've been buying the retail version of SuSE for a few years now, and really like it, even with the problems the distribution has had from time to time. I hope that this move doesn't change anything for the worse.

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