On Wednesday 01 December 2004 02:00 pm, AZ Pete wrote:
> They allow me to download the entire 9.1 distribution from their FTP site,
> but this must then be copied to another machine and exported via NFS.  Or I
> can do the install directly from their FTP site.  I'd like to be able to
> burn the distro to a CD, which is not possible with this product.
[snip]
> Basically, I'd to download a free, full-featured version that would offer
> no support options.  Much like the Redhat versions (before Fedora).  For
> example, I could download Redhat version 7.x, 8.x, 9.0 for free and it
> would be the exact same product as the paid-for version, but I got no
> support. Is there a SUSE product like this?

Yes and no.  SuSE does *not* have an ISO available for free download of their 
Professional version like Redhat does/did.  Instead, they offer up the distro 
over FTP, as you noticed.  That is pretty much the only way to install a free 
full-featured version of SuSE.  The FTP version is the real deal, though.

If you have broadband, then it's not a bad way to install.  I've done it quite 
a few times.. sometimes even when I have the DVD.  Installing over FTP is 
just too convenient to pass up (again, assuming you have broadband).

Kurt
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