[olug] Distro Poll on the website

[Bill Brush]

I've got a copy of Suse9.0 Pro, and I've read the license, AND talked (irc)
to people who work for them.

You can make copies of the CD and redistribute them without a problem, but
you can't get support for the installation beyond the first workstation you
use it (support) with.

I think that Suse would be a very good "beginners" distro because the
desktop is very nice and everything I've tried to use with it has "just
worked".  It is a 6 CD set though.

I could burn a set of CD's for further duplication if anyone would like a
set.  I can't burn more than one or two though as I'd be using my work
computer (and blanks) to do it.

Bill



                                                                                                           
                      Terry Bradshaw                                                                       
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>Actually, I'm wondering the same thing (time) about SuSE.  They don't
>have downloadable ISO's for a system install.  They only have LiveCD's
>and an FTP install option unless you buy a box.  Their boxed versions
>contain non-free software, however, so I don't know if they can be
>copied and distributed legally.  No matter how we feel about the ethics
>of it, I think we want to keep it legal.  I don't know...maybe it is
>fine to copy and distribute SOME of the CDs from the boxed set.