Linked by Anand Vaidya on Wed 5th Jan 2005 18:19 UTC
On October 22, 2004, Novell released SUSE Linux Professional 9.2 (abbreviated as SLP9.2 henceforth) targeted at the home user and Linux enthusiast crowd. Since I am already using SUSE 9.1 for my daily work on my IBM laptop, I was quite eager to check out 9.2. SLP9.1 is already a very polished Linux distribution, with tons of software ready to go. So here's a SuSE user's review of 9.2 after several weeks using the new version. Update: Also see some 9.2 screenshots with KDE and Gnome.
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... but like SUSE, as I do, you might wanna give Novell Desktop Linux a try. ISOs are free for download; it costs $50/yr for access to Novell's Red Carpet update services (and I understand this can be purchased at a discount from Novell agents.
NDL is very SUSE. Thanks to the Ximian crew, you get a very tidy and polished Gnome 2.6 desktop. Comes with a Gnome-themed Firefox as the default browser, a Ximified Open Office, and a very orderly menu with well-chosen packages. I dropped-in a custom background image in Ximian grey, and it's all very snappy and businesslike.
It's possible to install KDE under NDL, also.
I also have SUSE 9.2. Was surprised to find SUSE's stock version of Evolution apparently did not ship with Connector -- a bit of a surprise. Perhaps I just missed the package and someone here will correct me.
But connector is included in the NDL ISOs. It's the first time I've been able to reliably access our corporate mail from within a pure Linux environment. Very refreshing.
You get a lot for your money with either SUSE 9.2 or NDL. I've decided to buy a seat license and continue with NDL this year. No fuss, no bother. And it runs just like its SUSE brother.