Product Description

SUSE LINUX Professional includes a stable and reliable Linux operating system plus a complete set of desktop applications - office suite, Web browser, e-mail and instant messaging clients, multimedia viewers, photo organizers, and other popular open source applications. It also features the latest tools for setting up a secure home network, running a Web server, developing applications and more. SUSE LINUX 9.3 also provides a sneak peak into upcoming server-based Linux, including the XEN virtualization environment and intuitive search engines. The complete SUSE LINUX distribution delivers the latest Linux technology for standard 32-bit PC processors as well as for AMD Athlon 64 and Intel Extended Memory 64 Technology. With the convenience of installation media, comprehensive documentation, and installation support, SUSE LINUX Professional delivers reliability and security in one of the most complete Linux distributions available to the retail market today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #6831 in Software
• Brand: SuSE Inc.
• Released on: 2005-04-25
• Platform: Linux
• Format: CD-ROM
• Original language: English

Features

• A complete Linux Operating System: SUSE LINUX OS built upon the Linux kernel 2.6.11
• Multiple intuitive desktop environments: Latest KDE 3.4 and GNOME 2.10
• A comprehensive set of Internet tools: Firefox 1.0 Web browser; e-mail and instant messaging clients
• A complete office suite: OpenOffice.org 2.0 (works with Microsoft Office documents)
• Leading graphics and multimedia applications: F-Spot photo organizer, the GIMP 2.2 and Inkscape graphics programs, multimedia viewers, CD/DVD burners and more

Customer Reviews

Great Linux Distro
A wonderful Linux distribution. Very intuitive and user-friendly installation. Good for both power users and novices. Great hardware support and easy to install.

Here's a partial list of the packages included in SuSE Linux 9.3:

Linux Kernel 2.6.11.4
KDE 3.4.0
Gnome 2.10.0
OpenOffice 2.0 beta
Mozilla 1.7.5
GCC 3.3.5
Apache 2.0.53
PHP 5.0.3
Samba 3.0.12
Xorg 6.8.2

SUSE 9.3 on a ThinkPad R50
I installed SUSE on an IBM ThinkPad R50 and overall I'm pretty satisfied. It has excellent support for laptop functions like power management, Trackpoint mouse, and suspend-to-disk, all of which worked immediately without tweaking. Of course, GIMP and OpenOffice are great. The manuals (>900 pages) are pretty good as manuals go. I did have a few install glitches but they were resolved with a little effort. E-mail support was competent and knowledgeable with next-day response time. A few helpful hints: SUSE prefers GNOME but if you choose KDE, be sure to install kppp and use that, not kinternet for dialup. Also be sure to check that display resolution is recognized properly during installation and if not adjust it accordingly.

Excellent Distro
I find this version to be user friendly
looks like good competition for windows
Suse 9.3 Linux was very easy to install didn't take long at all
was so nice to only have to put in one dvd to install all
the software bundled on the dvd is excellent
the packages are all current with lots of applications browsers, email clients etc to choose
and with wine can run alot of windows programs if need to
Novell also provides great tech support on the install if troubles