Novell cuts SuSE Loose...heh, that rhymed.
Word 'round all the tech blogs today is that Novell, after all its financial woes, will be saying goodbye to most of the staff that was working on it's Linux Distro, SuSE Linux. Effectively cutting all ties that the company has with the SuSE project.
Thankfully, only a few short months ago, SuSE finally hit the Open Source scene with the OpenSuSE project, so if all goes right, it will continue to be developed through all the lovely bedroom coders involved with OpenSuSE.
What exactly this means for SuSE users (like me), is still anyone's guess. However, I've heard a few bloggers saying that Novell will keep SuSE, but it will go in the same direction as Red Hat. That of course meaning it will become a commercial distro, with a side project like Fedora Core. This Sounds perfectly plausible to me, and I don't mind, so long as their repositories remain open for updates and downloads, I'll be a happy camper.
This may even be a good thing, as the current SuSE release is devoid of proprietary software like Flash plugins and an MP3 codec!! if OpenSuSE takes a greater foothold, that could change (thank god...'cos I needs me Noatun, XMMS is nice and all, but how about updating the dialog boxes a little).
Thankfully, only a few short months ago, SuSE finally hit the Open Source scene with the OpenSuSE project, so if all goes right, it will continue to be developed through all the lovely bedroom coders involved with OpenSuSE.
What exactly this means for SuSE users (like me), is still anyone's guess. However, I've heard a few bloggers saying that Novell will keep SuSE, but it will go in the same direction as Red Hat. That of course meaning it will become a commercial distro, with a side project like Fedora Core. This Sounds perfectly plausible to me, and I don't mind, so long as their repositories remain open for updates and downloads, I'll be a happy camper.
This may even be a good thing, as the current SuSE release is devoid of proprietary software like Flash plugins and an MP3 codec!! if OpenSuSE takes a greater foothold, that could change (thank god...'cos I needs me Noatun, XMMS is nice and all, but how about updating the dialog boxes a little).
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