OpenSuSE
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| So, in short I actually don't mind SuSE, and yes Sontek, zypper is usable
| (though slow) and YaST has some good points. But in general, my machine was
| faster and more usable in ubuntu or fedora. Now, I have heard that the speed
| issue (with both zypper and the system in general) is fixed in 11.0, and YaST
| has apparently gone through some remodeling and consolidation in the new
| version. When that gets released I will have to revisit OpenSuSE to check it
| out.
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http://undertakingyou.blogspot.com/2008/05/opensuse.html
Another new review of Ballnux
HP 2133 Mini-Note PC (Via C7-M 1GHz, 512MB RAM, 4GB SSD, Suse Linux Enterprise
Desktop 10)
http://reviews.cnet.com/laptops/hp-2133-mini-note/4505-3121_7-32924066.html?subj=fdba&part=rss&tag=MR_Computer+Systems
Bottom line: Microsoft-taxed Sellout Linux (MSL) offers absolutely nothing
which Free software does not. Good riddance.
Related:
Novell congratulates itself for snogging Microsoft
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| Novell wants you to know that selling its soul to Steve Ballmer was a really
| good idea.
|
| On the last day of 2007, two separate Novell execs tossed up blog posts
| congratulating themselves for agreeing to that "interoperability partnership"
| with Microsoft, a year-old deal intent on forcing an unholy relationship
| between Linux and Windows.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/03/linux_pats_self_on_back/
Novell Wasn't Profitable Even After Sugar From Microsoft
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| Even with that "sugar" from Microsoft, Novell didn't end up profitable for
| the year. I don't know how much of the $355.6m payment was recognized as 07
| revenue but Novell still ended fiscal 07 with a $44.5 million loss.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/23465
Microsoft Making Millions Off Novell Linux
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| Evidence is emerging that Microsoft is making money, lots of it, from
| selling 'certificates' for Novell's SUSE Linux. Microsoft gained the right to
| distribute the certificates a little more than a year ago under a marketing
| and technical alliance with Novell.
|
| [...]
|
| So, while Linux -- free software that competes with Windows -- may still be
| a "cancer" for Microsoft, the company has found a way to profit from it.
| That's a good trick . . . perhaps Microsoft should next enter the
| pharmaceutical market?
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http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/01/microsoft_makin.html
Is it Microsoft + Novell or Microsoft vs. Novell?
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| Actually, this is very surprising. I've started to notice a trend in all the
| announcements the two companies have made over the past year: Novell stresses
| interoperability while Microsoft beats its drum on patent protection.
|
| [...]
|
| I wonder how long Microsoft will continue its efforts to try to cast the deal
| as about IP. It's not for Novell, it seems to me now. Microsoft did the deal
| to hurt Linux - there's no other explanation for it. It has no fiduciary duty
| to enable a competitor (unless its a weaker competitor against the Linux
| market leader, Red Hat). It has a fiduciary duty to kill that competitor.
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http://blogs.cnet.com/8301-13505_1-9813681-16.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=TheOpenRoad
Novell uses Microsoft FUD to market itself
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| That these claims also could be taken to mean that Novell is developing a
| non-standard Linux, one that is skewed only towards working with Windows,
| appears to have escaped Novell.
|
| In other words, Novell has an "in" with Microsoft which Red Hat does not;
| Utah and Redmond are in bed together and Red Hat is an intruder.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/14695/1091/
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