I asked Sandra why the day after Christmas was called Boxer's Day. Sandra is very useful sometimes because she knows everything. So she told me very emphatically :
"All public holidays the day after another public holiday are called Boxes' Day ... and it has nothing to do with all the empty boxes left over from Christmas!"
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does it not have something to do with the empty boxes left by the churches outside their doors for the collection of donations for the poor on the day after christmas?
That's one of the theories. Another is it is the day that slaves and servants exchanged boxes or received boxes because they had to work on the 25th. They would be presented with boxes by their employers on the 26th and not the 25th therefore. Its like the Christmas of the people who can't celebrate it on the 25th.
Well. First SLED 10, is based on OpenSuse 10.1.
Now a little explanation of the difference.
Novell takes the community driven OpenSuse 10.1 and creates a version of all the software and patches that is rock solid. Thus it is now dependable and solid enough for running in a coporate environment. They need to keep it dependable by testing and certifying every update and patch as time goes by.
Its all about making sure it stays completely update with the latest patches and updates etc. Thats all. That s what you would be paying for, updates and patches. If you don't want you don't get. And if you are not running in a corporate environment why would you care?
But if you want the support you have to pay.
Its not possible to get support for OpenSuse. You can get updates and patches - but not with any promises or warranties or anything.
Its the same as Fedora and Red Hat. Red Hat is derived from Fedora but made more dependable for running coporates and banks etc.
I suppose OpenSuse 10.1 would be better in the long run; if you don't want the support.
But for a starting point SLED 10 is more dependable and user friendly. After that you can still software updates etc; just not certified ones. You would need to do it yourself.
But then OpenSuse 10.1 is what SLED is built from.
I would use OpenSuse; but a newbie would find SLED much better for hand-holding (at least for 60 days).
hmmm
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