Pro's and Con's for each option of the initiative:
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Pro's and Con's for each option of the initiative
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1. openSUSE [1] Server CD Server Edition, somewhat alike the GNOME and KDE media
https://features.opensuse.org/305664.
2. openSUSE [2] LTS longer term security and support, community driven complete release.
3. openSUSE [3] LTS subset (a reduced core of openSUSE[4]) with mainly Server SW.
4. openSLES a CentOS equivalent for SLES[5] based on SUSE Linux
Enterprise[6].