[plug] AMD64 Debian Box3N :D

[Bernd Felsche]

Randal Adamson <ranz at devdata.net> writes:
>On Tue, 2005-12-20 at 10:10 +0800, Bernd Felsche wrote:
>> Daniel Foote <freefoote at gmail.com> writes:
>> Why the chroot? SuSE supports both 32- and 64-bit applications
>> "transparently" on the same root.

>> There are some shennanigans with lib/lib64 etc. but it works quite
>> smoothly in mixed mode.

>That's great if you want to use SuSE - which I also like. But I'm still
>a big fan of Debian. 

>I haven't had the chance to install the latest SUSE 10. 
>Have they made it easier to install software? (i.e. vs APT)

I find it hard to imagine a simpler method of installing software;
beyond what was previously discussed as demand-driven installation.

Yast makes selection very easy or as hard as you want.
apt-get etc are all supported directly from 10.0

>Is there a local WAIX-enabled mirror for SUSE stuff?

Is ftp.iinet.net.au on WAIX?

>Are Novell locking down the "updates" and making you pay for
>"maintenance"?

Only the commercial products have been locked down; which isn't
recent btw. It's been that way for as long as I've been vaguely
interested. SuSE's was selling commercial products based on Linux
for a long time before Novell bought them.

Making everybody pay for maintenance would be extremely
counter-productive and would kill both sales and market penetration.
openSuSE will "always" be free. You will have to pay if you use
Novell support for a partular case.

>The work around for Debian is kinda easy and not too much pain. I
>heard that the amd64-debian team are "pushing" Debian to make a
>similar release in the new year.
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