Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Agreed that many people use openSUSE on production servers, but it is not the intended audience and it never was. From the project website: http://en.opensuse.org/Project_Overview "The openSUSE project gives Linux developers and enthusiasts everything they need to get started with Linux. " Thus the choice of packages for openSUSE is driven by developers and enthusiasts, not the needs of a rock solid production platform. On Feb 13, 2008 3:44 PM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at gmail.com> wrote: > I don't believe that is even close to correct. > > SUSE is also meant for servers, not just desktops. > I'll remind you there is a SLES desktop version as well, > > so your statement is patently misleading. > > 10s of thousands of customers use Suse 10.2/10.3/10.x on servers in > production. > And have used opensuse as such for many years. > > Dan. > > On Feb 13, 2008 2:20 PM, Greg Freemyer <greg.freemyer at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Feb 13, 2008 1:59 PM, Dan Gahlinger <dgahling at gmail.com> wrote: > > > v8 is now the "standard" release for SUSE. Not sure about others. > > > but as of 10.3 (last oct) this is what they're shipping > > > > 10.3 is their enthusiasts release (like Fedora) and is not intended > > for production server use. So I would not make stability decisions > > based on that. > > > > I don't know what drbd version SUSE has on the SLES distro. (SLES is > > intended for production server use.) > > > > -- Greg Freemyer Litigation Triage Solutions Specialist http://www.linkedin.com/in/gregfreemyer First 99 Days Litigation White Paper - http://www.norcrossgroup.com/forms/whitepapers/99%20Days%20whitepaper.pdf The Norcross Group The Intersection of Evidence & Technology http://www.norcrossgroup.com