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332 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution After you have selected the updates you want and clicked OK, you can watch the progress as each patch and updated package is downloaded and installed. Having security-related patches and other fixes separated and the ability to read all about each software update and patch right on the YaST window before you start downloading are features that set YOU apart from methods of doing upgrades from other Linux distributions. Getting Support for SUSE SUSE has an excellent support database and full-time support staff. You can search many of the articles on the site for free and check out the FAQs. Paid support options are available as well. The SUSE Linux Portal (http://portal.suse.com) is the place to search for answers about using SUSE. To try the free search engine at the site, just select Search. You don t need a user account to search articles related to SUSE Linux, although you do need one to search articles related to Linux business products from SUSE. To get an account, select the Sign Up Here link from the SUSE Linux Portal page. If you have purchased your SUSE distribution, you can use that account to register your SUSE product. Having a registered SUSE product lets you use your account to get free installation information and other support services. With the split of OpenSUSE and SUSE Linux, look for many of SUSE s online resources to be divided as well. For example, SUSE resources are already being directed to either Novell.com or OpenSUSE.org sites. If you are learning or trying out OpenSUSE as your entry into SUSE Linux products, you should start at the OpenSUSE.org site for information on downloads, documentation, and communications opportunities (mailing lists, forums, IRC, and so on). At the time of this writing, SUSE is offering a free 30-day evaluation for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server if you want to download it. That evaluation includes installation support and upgrade protection. Check the Novell (www.novell.com) and SUSE (www.suse.com) Web sites to see if any evaluation specials are currently available. Installing OpenSUSE The SUSE installation procedure described here is for OpenSUSE Linux 10.0. This edition is available free of charge. Functionally, it is almost exactly the same as the SUSE Linux 10.0 boxed set version that Novell sells. The primary differences between the two are product support (only with SUSE Linux) and inclusion of some non-open source software (also only with SUSE Linux). So, essentially, these instructions should work equally well for both SUSE and OpenSUSE 10.0. Note
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