From: Daniel Bischof <ftpadmin@suse.com> To: <lwn@lwn.net> Subject: SuSE Linux 7.3 FTP-version available Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 15:20:05 +0100 (CET) The FTP-version of SuSE Linux 7.3 (i386) is available since yesterday (Nov. 15, 2001) afternoon (GMT) on ftp.suse.com in /pub/suse/i386/7.3 The size of that directory is approx. 6000 MB. Because ftp.suse.com has very high traffic, we suggest that you use one of our mirror sites - many of them (particularly in Europe) already have 7.3 by the time you read this. A list of mirror sites is available at http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/ftp/ (scroll down to the bottom of the page). Answers to frequently asked questions: - SuSE installation support (support@suse.de) will not answer questions regarding the FTP-version of SuSE Linux Please contact feedback@suse.de for suggestions, bug reports, etc. - ftp.suse.com is located in California, USA. Users in Europe are strongly recommended to use a mirror site in Europe such as ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/suse/ or ftp://ftp.linux.cz/pub/linux/suse/ - the FTP-version of SuSE Linux is very similar, but not identical to the boxed version sold in stores. It has the same core (Kernel, glibc, gcc, ...) but lacks some, mostly commercial packages - as of SuSE Linux 7.1, the FTP-version comes with crypto support (OpenSSH, OpenSSL, gpg, FreeS/WAN, etc.) - the FTP-version includes the SuSE Linux reference handbook (PDF format) in German, English, Spanish and Italian as well as other SuSE-specific and general documentation in various formats and languages - if you wish to try SuSE Linux without installing it, we suggest the Live-Evaluation version available as CD ISO image Regards, -- ------ __ _ Daniel Bischof <ftpadmin(-at-)suse.com> / _| |_ _ __ ___ _ _ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | |_| __| '_ \ / __| | | / __|/ _ \ / __/ _ \| '_ ` _ \ | _| |_| |_) |\__ \ |_| \__ \ __/| (_| (_) | | | | | | |_| \__| .__(_)___/\__,_|___/\___(_)___\___/|_| |_| |_| |_|