SuSE, openSUSE Archive

SuSE: SCO’s Linux Claims are ‘Curious’

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-15 SuSE, openSUSE 23 Comments

SuSE Linux plans to continue honoring its commitments to UnitedLinux, despite allegations by SCO Group --a fellow founding member of the alliance-- that Linux contains unauthorized intellectual property. Meanwhile, Linux vendors MandrakeSoft and Red Hat --which are not members of the UnitedLinux group-- said they had not been contacted about the allegations and did not see them affecting business.

Study: SuSE Leads in Linux Improvements

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-15 SuSE, openSUSE 26 Comments

Linux has improved significantly in the last two years, a new study released Thursday has found, with a version from SuSE edging out that of rival Red Hat in the businesses features race. However, Unix still outpaces the Linux operating system in some areas, the study says.

SuSE Linux Demonstrates Old PCs Still Have Use

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-13 SuSE, openSUSE 56 Comments

"What? Are you nuts? Running SuSE 8.2 Linux Professional on a 150 Mhz Pentium? That will never work. That's exactly what I did do and it did work, admirably." Read the article at LinuxPlanet.

Review at IMAFish: SuSE Linux 8.2

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-12 SuSE, openSUSE 15 Comments

"I have read quite a few reviews on SuSEs latest product with different people giving their opinions so here are mine. SuSE in my opinion has made the biggest improvements to its distribution in recent years but will SuSE Linux 8.2 carry on with this trend or not?" Read the article at IMAFish.

SuSE Linux 8.2 Available for Download

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-09 SuSE, openSUSE 38 Comments

From DistroWatch: "SuSE Linux 8.2 has now been spotted on several mirrors. While SuSE does not provide easily install-able ISO images for download, their 8.2 directory has been uploaded to provide a method to install SuSE's Professional Edition directly from FTP servers. First, get the installation image: boot.iso (20MB), then boot from it and follow the instructions provided in this readme file." German and international mirrors. Here is the OSNews review of the 8.2 version.

SuSE 8.2 — Better than Mandrake for New Users?

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-08 SuSE, openSUSE 36 Comments

"I have been using SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional for two weeks now, and it is as close to Linux desktop perfection as I have found so far. (I know I'm not the first to say this, but I figure saying it one more time can't hurt.) This doesn't mean it's totally perfect, and my experience is on one particular laptop and may not be duplicated on your hardware, but this is the first SuSE version I have actually liked -- and the first one I've kept on my "production" machine for any length of time." Read the review at NewsForge.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium2 CPU

Submitted by HeavyD 2003-05-08 SuSE, openSUSE 4 Comments

Russell Pavlicek writes: "With all the talk about AMD's Opteron processors recently, we cannot forget that Intel, too, has a 64-bit platform that runs Linux. I took SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for Intel Itanium2 Processor Family for a test drive. And I liked what I found."

SuSE: SCO Poses No Legal Threat

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-05 SuSE, openSUSE 31 Comments

An agreement with SCO Group protects Linux seller SuSE from legal action stemming from SCO's accusation that Unix software was copied into Linux, SuSE said. "We have a joint development agreement with them, which includes appropriate cross-licensing arrangements," said SuSE spokesman Joe Eckert on Friday. "Our lawyers feel that covers us from any actions that SCO may take."

SuSE Linux 8.2 Approaches Computing Nirvana

Eugenia Loli 2003-05-01 SuSE, openSUSE 40 Comments

"There's a lot to like in SuSE's latest edition, 8.2, and little to complain about. There are security enhancements and graphics tweaks partly due to KDE 3.1, and major administration bonuses in YaST-2. It's clear that SuSE has worked hard to accommodate the corporate desktop market as well as the home user since edition 8.1, which we did not recommend." Read the review at The Register.

SuSE Preps Carrier-Grade OS

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-29 SuSE, openSUSE 1 Comment

"SuSE Linux has readied a set of high-end features that do for its Linux enterprise operating system what spinach does for Popeye. The features beef up SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 to enable it to run applications that require very high levels of reliability, availability, performance and security, such as the applications that telecommunications carriers use to provide their services. This is why the set of features is called SuSE Linux Carrier-Grade Linux (CGL)." Read the article at InfoWorld.

A Look at SuSE 8.2 Professional

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-28 SuSE, openSUSE 9 Comments

"The installation of a new distribution from SuSE has for several years here been a battle between two conflicting issues: the install has a better than even chance of not going smoothly, but once the ordeal is survived it is quickly forgotten in the face of an excellent system. That was exactly the case here with SuSE 8.2 Professional." Read the review at LinuxAndMain.

SuSE First With Linux Server OS for Opteron

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-21 SuSE, openSUSE 14 Comments

SuSE Linux A.G. has beaten enterprise competitor Red Hat Inc. to the draw and on Monday will announce the availability of SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for AMD 64, the first enterprise-ready Linux server OS for the new AMD Opteron CPU to be launched at an event in New York Monday.

SuSE 8.2 Live Evaluation Now Available

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-15 SuSE, openSUSE 36 Comments

SuSE released the "live" bootable CD of SuSE Linux 8.2 for everyone to try out this new version of the OS. More details here.

SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop Slated for June

Eugenia Loli 2003-04-03 SuSE, openSUSE 12 Comments

SuSE Linux AG now plans to ship its SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop operating system in June, a delay from original plans to ship it during the just-ended first quarter of 2003. SuSE Linux Enterprise Desktop, which is in beta testing phase now, will cost $129 per desktop, although discounts would apply to high-volume purchases, InfoWorld reports. OSNews recently posted a review of SuSE's other latest product, SuSE Linux 8.2.

SuSE Linux 8.2: Evolutionary, but not Revolutionary

Eugenia Loli 2003-03-31 SuSE, openSUSE 79 Comments

What a big month this was with many Linux releases (and not just Linux ones). The third most popular Linux distribution (along with Debian), after Red Hat and Mandrake, is SuSE. While the company is more successful in Europe, with their 8.1 release a few months ago they were able to broaden their user base worldwide even more. The new version, 8.2, is coming out in about a week from now, but OSNews had early access to it so we were able to evaluate it. Read more for our experiences with SuSE Linux 8.2 and check out a few screenshots too.

First Look At SuSE Linux 8.2

Eugenia Loli 2003-03-29 SuSE, openSUSE 36 Comments

MadPenguin has the first review of SuSE 8.2. OSNews' SuSE 8.2 review is coming this Monday, so stay tuned.

SuSE Ships its First Server Product for Intel Itanium 2 CPUs

Eugenia Loli 2003-03-26 SuSE, openSUSE 3 Comments

SuSE Linux today announced the general availability of the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8 for the Intel Itanium Processor Family, and that it has been chosen to drive parts of the "TeraGrid," a scientific computing system accessible to researchers across the United States. eWeek also covers this release as part of a Linux-special article regarding the SuSE, Red Hat and Mandrake upcoming releases.

The State of SuSE

Eugenia Loli 2003-03-17 SuSE, openSUSE 17 Comments

Holger Dyroff of SuSE talks to Roblimo about SuSE, SCO and more.

SuSE Announces SuSE Linux 8.2 Personal and Pro

Eugenia Loli 2003-03-12 SuSE, openSUSE 51 Comments

SuSE Linux today unveiled the latest version of its Linux package - introducing an easy to use, application rich desktop for home users. Available April 14, SuSE Linux 8.2, sets a new milestone for ease of use - incorporating the latest versions of KDE 3.1 and Gnome 2.2.

A Review of SuSE Linux Office Desktop

Eugenia Loli 2003-02-16 SuSE, openSUSE 15 Comments

"If there is one thing I can say about SuSE Linux, it's that they know how to put together a desktop distro. This has been evident for quite some time, and nothing has changed. Their new Office Desktop release is built upon the solid foundation that is SuSE's desktop expertise." Read the review at MadPenguin.