Comment Re:switch to suse (Score 2, Informative) 316
Slashdot - the place where the uninformed morons are modded insightful.
Have you even used your brain when you wrote "warez version" ?
Since when aren't I allowed to make as many copies of Linux as I please ? Assuming I bought one CD with some distribution, I still am allowed to make as many copies as I please, share them with friends and anybody else, as long as I don't make more than the beer they'd have to invest in me for burning the cd's for them.
Here's an excerpt from the licence posted on the SuSE website:
You may make and use unlimited copies of the Software for Your distribution and use within
Your Organization. You may make and distribute unlimited copies of the Software outside Your organization provided that: 1) You receive
no consideration; and, 2) you do not bundle or combine the Software with another offering
Moreover, Suse has always provided their distribution on their FTP server. I've been using it for 7 years now and I never had any issues with downloading it, while I still bought one of each major release, to support them.
There are tons of mirrors across the world.
With 9.3, they provided the choice between a net-based installation, and a cd-based one. As such, the CDs available as torrents are actually copies downloaded from the website.
As for the other posts: 9.3 has been available online for more than a month now.
Have you even used your brain when you wrote "warez version" ?
Since when aren't I allowed to make as many copies of Linux as I please ? Assuming I bought one CD with some distribution, I still am allowed to make as many copies as I please, share them with friends and anybody else, as long as I don't make more than the beer they'd have to invest in me for burning the cd's for them.
Here's an excerpt from the licence posted on the SuSE website:
You may make and use unlimited copies of the Software for Your distribution and use within
Your Organization. You may make and distribute unlimited copies of the Software outside Your organization provided that: 1) You receive
no consideration; and, 2) you do not bundle or combine the Software with another offering
Moreover, Suse has always provided their distribution on their FTP server. I've been using it for 7 years now and I never had any issues with downloading it, while I still bought one of each major release, to support them.
There are tons of mirrors across the world.
With 9.3, they provided the choice between a net-based installation, and a cd-based one. As such, the CDs available as torrents are actually copies downloaded from the website.
As for the other posts: 9.3 has been available online for more than a month now.
