Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 04, 2004 12:07 AM
(1) The nVidia drivers are closed source. Distributing them without opening the source actually hurts rather than helps the open source community. Thus, in this regard, SuSE is hurting the community. Red Hat distributes open source nVidia drivers. While these aren't the same quality, they can be debugged and improved.
(2) YaST is also closed source, proprietary software. Red Hat's configuration tools are open source. You can go ahead and gamble on YaST, but just realize that the reason Linux is getting hotter and the other Unices are not doesn't have anything to do with Linus' intellect. The open source development method of the Linux kernel makes it superior in many ways, and it continually improves at a faster rate. I'll gamble on any company that puts its trust into it 100%.
Which distribution has a lousy attitude towards the Open Source community? One that actively tries to engage the developers in the project, or one that releases closed source binaries and utilities?
Learn about Linux
Download Linux
Get Linux help
SuSE is Not Open Source Friendly
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 04, 2004 12:07 AM(2) YaST is also closed source, proprietary software. Red Hat's configuration tools are open source. You can go ahead and gamble on YaST, but just realize that the reason Linux is getting hotter and the other Unices are not doesn't have anything to do with Linus' intellect. The open source development method of the Linux kernel makes it superior in many ways, and it continually improves at a faster rate. I'll gamble on any company that puts its trust into it 100%.
Which distribution has a lousy attitude towards the Open Source community? One that actively tries to engage the developers in the project, or one that releases closed source binaries and utilities?
#