[Cialug] DVD ISOs of OpenSUSE 10.1 and SLED10

[Carl Olsen]

I see the pricing for SLED is $50 per year, or $125 for 3 years.  SLES
pricing is $345 for one year, or $873 for 3 years.  I'm not sure what you
mean about 7 years.  I think at that price I can fiddle with a new free
version every 6 months.  I paid $400 for my Windows 2003 Server license, and
it has free updates for the life of the product.

-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
Of Josh More
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 6:37 PM
To: 'Central Iowa Linux Users Group'
Subject: RE: [Cialug] DVD ISOs of OpenSUSE 10.1 and SLED10

To correct a misunderstanding...

SLED 10 is not intended to be used as a web server, it's a desktop OS,
so that
is why it does not have PHP packages.

SLES 10 *is* intended to be used as a web server.  In my opinion, it is
a better
choice than OpenSUSE, as it is supported for 7 years, not just 6
months.  The
OpenSUSE model (like Fedora) is a 6 month life cycle for each release,
and
the burden is on you to stay up to date.  With SLES (like RHEL), the
burden is
on Novell (or Red Hat) to support you for the length of your purchase.

Whether the security and stability that the Enterprise OS brings is
worth
the cost, is a choice that you have to make.  However, please make
that
decision based on money vs time.  If time it takes you to tune a
brand new (or upgraded) server every 6 months, plus deal with the
issues that a new version brings is worth less than what Novell wants
to SLES, then by all means, go with OpenSUSE.

Personally, I'd rather put my time into other projects (Joomla looks
very
nice, by the way).

I'd be glad to dig into this topic at tomorrow's meeting, as it seems
to be
a recurring concern.  Let me know if you are interested in this.



 

-- 
-Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
 515-245-7701


>>> "Carl Olsen" <carl-olsen at mchsi.com> 07/18/06 6:28 PM >>> 
I see they have the package descriptions up now.  SLED 10 doesn't have
PHP 5
listed.  SLES 10 has all the PHP 5 packages listed.  I'm thinking the
openSUSE 10.1 is the way to go.  I wouldn't install a product (SLES 10)
that
can't be updated after 60 days, and it looks like SLES 10 is not made
for
use as a web server.  I will try to find a couple blank DVDs for
tomorrow.
Thank you!

----- Original Message-----
From: cialug- bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug- bounces at cialug.org] On
Behalf
Of Josh More
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 5:23 PM
To: cialug at cialug.org
Subject: [Cialug] DVD ISOs of OpenSUSE 10.1 and SLED10

I have DVD ISOs of OpenSUSE 10.1 (hobbiest, free) and SLED 10
(professional, free eval, pay after 60 days).

If anyone wants me to burn them a disk or two at the meeting, please
bring me blank DVD- Rs.

Thanks,




--  
- Josh More, RHCE, CISSP, NCLP 
 morej at alliancetechnologies.net 
 515- 245- 7701

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