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# 1  
Old 02-03-2005
SuSE comparision

A friend has a drawerful of demo CDs and such.

I found some SUSE CDs:
1. Novell Linux Desktop 9
2. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9

What's the difference between the two?
...and is Enterprise Server 9 the same as the SuSE Pro version?

Should I use one of these CDs to install linux or should I download the new DVD.iso?
# 2  
Old 02-03-2005
That is up to you. It is not really fair to compare products. Both have pros and cons, depending on the situation.

It would be unfair to one of the vendors to arbitrarily select one over the other, based on the lack of information in your post.
# 3  
Old 02-06-2005
Have a review of Novell Linux Desktop 9" from the swedish computer magazine "Datormagazin (2005-2)" here. I translate what might give you an idea.

"The three CD:s Novell Linux Desktop 9 is distributed on represents three of the five CD:s SuSE Linux 9.2 comes with. This means many of the extra packages that SuSE Linux ships doesn't come with Novell Linux Desktop 9. This is not bad as you don't need the irrelevant packages that gives network servers and others like the web server Apache and the script language PHP as a company user."

The comparison seems to be that Novell Desktop 9 gives you Windows XP Pro and SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 gives you Windows 2003 in some server version.

SuSE Enterprise is very certainly more than just SuSE Pro.
# 4  
Old 02-07-2005
MySQL

Thanks decent...

Your winXP to SuSE Desktop comparision was just the ticket!

Thanks Smilie
# 5  
Old 02-07-2005
lung,

If you plan using Linux as platform for running commertial server s/w solutions (e.g. oracle, BEA weblogic, SAP ) in production environment, then you need Enterprise edition (either Red Hat or SuSE) as most of commertial verdors certify their solutions only for enterprise editions.
Running unsupported platform in production would be big mistake.

Last edited by Phantom; 02-07-2005 at 04:33 AM..
# 6  
Old 02-09-2005
We run Slackware in production and it works great for over 10 years.

I would run any commercial software on Slackware. The kernal is the same, the utilities are mostly the same. A distribution is simply a 'way to organize' and 'market'.

I trust Slackware as much or more than other Linux distribution. It has been around longer than other others and is very reliable. I have used Slackware since 1993, 12 years, in production environments.

However, many say that Slackware is not for 'newbies'.... I don't know because I had many years of UNIX (mostly HP-UX and SunOS) experience before I started with Slackware in 1993 Smilie

I think you will be happy with any distribution!!
# 7  
Old 02-10-2005
Hammer & Screwdriver

Neo,

True, but problem may arise when you need support from Oracle, BEA or any other S/W and support guy asks about your platform.
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