SUSE Linux ?
Peter L. Peres
plp-ysDPMY98cNQDDBjDh4tngg at public.gmane.org
Fri Nov 19 02:37:37 UTC 2004
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Geoffrey Hunter wrote:
> Today I heard of the SUSE Linux distribution: it is being supported by
> UNISYS on their servers. Does anybody on this TLUG list know more
> about it and/or have experience using it ? I got the impression that
> it is a carefully selected set of applications on top of the kernel.
> The acronym is originally German: Systems und Software Engineering.
Suse is not an acronym, it stands for Konrad Suse, a German pioneer in
computing (search for "Konrad Suse" on google). I have run Suse from
~1999-2003.
Suse is awell integrated type of Linux distribution that comes with 2500+
applications included (including many commercial ones) on 6 cds or 1 dvd
(or is it 2 dvds now). Usually its integration is flawless, i.e. you click
on things in the package manager and they work/install/uninstall
(including dependencies). It gave me one of the smoothest rides I can
recall (I have used Slackware, Debian, and *bsd before, and am on Debian
now).
Boxed versions (including book, media, start floppies (who needs those ?))
go for between 70 and 100 Euros. There is a home and a professional
version, and they also have a server version I think.
Peter
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