Novell Open Enterprise Server
| OS family | Unix-like, NetWare |
|---|---|
| Source model | Open source / Closed source |
| Marketing target | |
| Package manager | RPM Package Manager |
| Preceded by | NetWare 6.5 |
Novell Open Enterprise Server (OES) is a server operating system published by Novell in March 2005 to succeed their NetWare product.
Unlike NetWare, Novell OES is a Linux distribution—specifically, one based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. The first two major releases of Open Enterprise Server could run either with a Linux kernel (with a NetWare compatibility layer) or Novell's NetWare kernel (with a Linux compatibility layer). Novell discontinued the NetWare kernel prior to the release of OES 11.
Novell released OES 1, the first version of OES, in March 2005. Since some users wanted backward compatibility with NetWare, Novell offered two installation options: OES-NetWare and OES-Linux. These are two different operating systems with different kernels and different userlands.
OES-NetWare is NetWare v6.5 equipped with NetWare Loadable Modules for various Novell services (such as , Novell eDirectory, Novell Storage Services, and iPrint) and open-source software (such as OpenSSH, Apache Tomcat, and the Apache HTTP Server).
OES-Linux is a variation of SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) with added NetWare services: the NetWare Core Protocol, Novell eDirectory, Novell Storage Services, and iPrint.
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