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| Summary | SUSE provides a stable, high security desktop and server versions of Linux. These are now recommended by Microsoft for Linux users. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| News | 6-Sep-2008 openSUSE 11.0 is Now Available 4-Oct-2007 openSUSE 10.3 is Now Available 11-Dec-2006 Novel Ships SUSE Linux 10.2 2-Nov-2006 Microsoft & Novell announce collaborative relationship. 11-May-2006 Novell Ships SUSE Linux 10.1 24-Oct-2005 Version 10 released 5-Apr-2004 Version 9.1 to ship May 6th using the 2.6 Kernel. 4-Nov-2003 Novell to acquire SUSE Oct-2003? Releases 9.0 (no press release) 27-May-2002 Competitive review in eWeek page 54. It was awarded its Lab's Analyst's Choice for best control panel of the group and very good installation. Apr-2002 New v8.0 released 23-Oct-2001 New v7.3 released 29-Mar-2001 New v7.1 released with 2.4 Kernel 15-Jun-2001 New v7.2 released with 2.4.4 Kernel |
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| Product | OpenSUSE Linux 10 (Requirements for v11 are not published, but you can view hardware compatibilty) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Processor | Any Pentium CPU or better | |||||||||||||||||||||
| RAM | 256 MB (512 MB recommended) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Drive space | 500 MB to 6 GB depending on installation options | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Drives | Runs from hard disk | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Video | VGA or better | |||||||||||||||||||||
| File systems | ReiserFS, Ext2, read/write access to FAT, read only access to NTFS, HPFS, UFS and others | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Compatibility | Linux
programs DOS programs (most) |
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| Interface | Native text based interface. GUI support included with various desktops. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Installation | Can be installed on primary or logical partitions, any drive. V7.0 and later support booting beyond 8 GB. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Variants | OpenSUSE SUSE Linux SUSE Linux Enterprise Server |
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| Versions | 7.0
Sep-2000 7.1 Mar-2001 7.2 Jun-2001 7.3 Oct-2001 8.0 Apr-2002 8.2 Apr-2003 9.0 Oct-2003 9.1 May-2004 9 SP1 Feb-2005 (Enterprise Server) 9.2 Nov-2004 10.0 Oct-2005 10.1 May-2006 10.2 Dec-2006 10.3 Oct-2007 11.0 Sep-2008 |
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| Downloads | Download SUSE Linux | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | Novell
SUSE Linux Download Help Hardware Requirements Documentation Open SuSE |
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| Books | All books on Linux
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| Publisher |
Novell, Inc. 1800 South Novell Place Provo, UT 84606 USA Phone 888-321-4272 Web www.novell.com/linux/ |
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| Support | 90-days installation support with purchase (Professional). | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Alternatives | Other Linuxes, Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7, Solaris | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Secrets | Command
Line Windows/DOS equivalents SUSE stands for "Software and System Development" in German (Software und System Entwicklung) |
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| Pricing | Download
- Free SUSE Professional - $59.95 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - $349 & up. |
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