Re: SE & 4GL Migration

Mike Badar wrote: >> If you really want a Linux education, head over to >> www.linuxfromscratch.org and get the >> book on building your own linux system from scratch, it will >> give you more experience >> than any distro could ever give you, and you can then make >> better choices on Linux >> distributions after going through the best tutorial on Linux >> systems ever done. >> >> -DE- > > Thanks, Double Echo. I'm an under-the-hood kind of guy and this looks > like it would be perfect for me. > > Mike > No problem. By the way... I neglected to mention for those new to SuSE, that the fundamental difference between the desktop version and the SLES version(s) is support. The desktop version comes with unlimited update support via the internet, once you set up automagic updates. The online support forums at Novell are very good at help also for immediate help outside paid support, similar to c.d.i. The SLES version(s) are paid support per CPU or whatever model they are using now, and typically cater more to the server crowd. This means you get more support from Novell, and more support out-of-the-box for SCSI, SANs, ( i.e. EMC drivers ) than the desktop version. In fact some SAN environments won't support the desktop environment you'll have to move "up" to the SLES version or whatever they are now calling it. SLES is very good, but keep in mind you can't do automagic updates without the paid support, this is the key difference between the two products. The kernel is the same it's the support model. If you decide to compile your own kernel outside of the SLES distribution you also run the risk of falling out of warranty, etc as would be expected. Just an FYI, probably the same rules apply for other distros like RedHat, etc etc. -DE- See also: support-forums.novell.com and opensuse.org for more info on forum-based support. I highly recommend using a news-reader software program to view their threads, it is high volume traffic.