openSuSe versus retail

[Ben]

winmodem card support (auto detection and download/install of needed
packages, provided your system has a supported winmodem) particularly
for laptops can come in handy, as well as other auto download/install
of drivers for ATI and Nvidia cards make for easier installs.

I like the retail version for my laptop for winmodem support - which
is good to have when traveling. All but the winmodem support is doable
without the retail edition with just a little elbow grease.  I config
my laptop with a majority drive slice for Ubuntu plus a small SuSE
install, just in case I need dial-up.

Uh, gee... Did I mention the winmodem support? Sheesh...  Anyhoo, that's my .02

Ben

On 4/9/07, Kurt Granroth <plug-discuss at granroth.org> wrote:
> Lynn Newton wrote:
> > Can someone describe for me in a paragraph the differences
> > between the openSUSE 10.2 in its two distribution formats,
> > as a retail package and a free open source product?
>
> The retail package has some amount of installation support plus a couple
> of printed manuals.  That, and everything is on a DVD (or a bunch of
> CDs) to save bandwidth.
>
> There are also a few proprietary apps but honestly, I'm not sure what
> anymore.  Most of the non-OSS ones are still available via the openSUSE
> distribution channels.
>
> Personally, I've used both.  For my own use, I have the retail version.
>  For some friends, I've burned the network boot cd and they install and
> update via the Internet (actually, they install via NFS from my DVD but
> everything is network based).
>
> Kurt
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