Why Does the Retail Box Matter? (openSUSE 11.0 Ready for Pre-Order) | Linux Today

Why Does the Retail Box Matter? (openSUSE 11.0 Ready for Pre-Order)

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 6, 2008

“Looks like Kevin Dupuy beat me to the punch in writing about
the retail box being ready for pre-order. Retail box? What’s up
with that, right? We’re all about the free downloads over here,
right? Yes, but… there’’ a
method to the madness of offering a retail box as well.

“First, don’t forget that the retail box has a very long history
for SUSE. We want to continue to provide the retail box for
long-time users who still want to get openSUSE that way–and for
new Linux users who may not be up for downloading openSUSE to take
their first shot at installing an OS…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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