Where to get Suse 9.2 Pro?

[zalzon]

Is there any place I can get Suse 9.2 Pro on the cheap (i.e. non-boxed
version) or is it illegal to buy copied cds or download the pro
version?

I notice many sellers on ebay selling mandrake 10.1 but none selling
suse 9.2 pro. why is that?

should i get mandrake 10.1 instead of suse?

also what happens when suse or mandrake releases a new version? say
suse 9.3. Do i have to reformat my whole hd and reinstall the new
OS!?

i'm confused.

[martin...@gmail.com]

- Here you can download suse linux:
http://www.novell.com/products/linuxprofessional/downloads/suse_linux/index.html
- Before you install a linux you should ask yourself what you want to
do with it, then pick a distribution which fullfills that need, for a
good overview of available distributions see e.g.
http://distrowatch.com
- As long as you keep all your data in say /home you can install a new
OS

[andrewv]

You can get it Suse 9.2 Pro for free from Suse. You download a small
iso image and then do an ftp install from a local mirror.

here is a link to the doc:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/current/README.FTP

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

"mjt" <mjtobler@removethis_mail.ru> wrote in message
news:37toc1F...@individual.net...

> zalzon wrote:
>
>> Is there any place I can get Suse 9.2 Pro on the cheap (i.e. non-boxed
>> version) or is it illegal to buy copied cds or download the pro
>> version?
>

> ... download the DVD ISO and burn it. or get
> the mini-ISO and do a ftp install

The free download is not identical to the commercial Pro release.The free
download has slightly more recent packages, but I believe lacks some of the
licensed, non-GPl software in the Pro release.

I actually prefer the free download version for use.

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

"andrewv" <avansp...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1109000966.1...@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

The HTTP install actually works better, since interruptions in the FTP
mirror feeds are fairly common as they become overloaded, and HTTP seems to
withstand that a bit better.