[MarkL]

You can download the "Novell Linux Desktop," which actually uses the Suse Linux Enterprise v9 codebase (rather than Suse Linux 9.x), and I believe that the only part of it that's "timebombed" is the auto-update

Mark

[Lx]

You're right, found it:
http://www.novell.com/products/desktop/eval.html
Of course now I'll be accused of being a communist red Chinese collaborator.