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DesktopLinux: Making Sense Out of SUSE’s Delta Releases

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 2, 2006

“With a cold on one side and a complete Internet connection
meltdown on the other, I’ve been having a heck of a time keeping up
with my email. Still, before my ISP, Bell South, hosed my DSL
connection and my cold medicine knocked me out, I got a message
asking: ‘What’s the deal with those ‘delta’ releases for SUSE 10.1?
I can’t get them to work.’

“After a little back and forth with him, I saw what his problem
was. He thought the delta was the complete distribution.
Nope…”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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