Subject: Re: Workstation vs Professional?
From: Greg Jetter (greg@lazymountain.com)
Date: Sun Dec 02 2001 - 22:22:01 AKST
On Sunday 02 December 2001 02:37 am, D Brown wrote:
> I am a linux newbie/wannabe and I got into a long discussion with a buddy=
> of
> mine as to whether a boxed version of, for example, Suse Professional 7.3=
> is
> worth the extra dollars when everything that is really needed is in the b=
> oxed
> workstation flavor. Any comments would be greatly appreciated.
>
> D. Brown
>
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The main advantage of the box set is you get the printed manules. additional
software and Support from the vendors . If you don't need the hand holding ,
Can read the online documentation you can save a bundel by buying a cheap
CD from linuxmall or cheapbytes for say $5.00 . The cheap CD's have the core
programs of the distbution and can get you going . However if your working
on a project that is mission critical , by that I mean big bucks are involved
your better off spending the 50 or 100 dollars for the box set just so you
can pick up the phone and talk to a teck if you get stuck somewhere.
I have sucessufuly used both kinds of distbutions the box set and the cheap
CD. in fact I order a six pack of cheap CD's to experment with evey
generation of Linux . I get all the distburtions for around $10.00 to
play with from linuxmall.com . Then if one strikes my fancy I'll get the
boxed set.
hope this help ya
Greg
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