"SuSE Linux Introduces New Linux Version for Home Users"

      SuSE Linux Introduces New Linux Version for Home Users

   Version 8.2 Professional and Personal now easier to use with 
  feature-rich applications and advanced mobility and multimedia 
                             features

Nuremberg, Germany, March 12, 2003 - SuSE Linux today unveiled 
its latest version of Europe's most popular, and the U.S.'s 
fastest growing, Linux package - introducing an easy to use, 
application rich desktop for home users.

Available from Mid-April, SuSE Linux 8.2 sets a new milestone for 
ease of use - incorporating the latest version of KDE 3.1 - 
giving home users who want the stability and security of Linux 
easy transition from other platforms. Also, the wide variety of 
the latest Linux tools and applications provide customers a 
feature-rich and comprehensive Open Source operating system.

Desktop Comfort and Feature-Rich Applications for the Home PC

SuSE Linux 8.2 desktop features include:
  ·KDE 3.1 - which includes a new look -- eases Internet access 
     with a new tabbed browsing functionality and includes a 
     download manager that greatly simplifies downloading. The 
     scheduler application KOrganizer now supports Exchange 2000 
     servers, enabling customers to easily sync their KOrganizer 
     data with Exchange.
  ·GNOME 2.2 desktop - with improved usability and the 
     accounting application GNU Cash that includes the home 
     banking standard protocol HBCI.

Complete Office Solution

OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 delivers advanced word processing, 
spreadsheet, and presentation tools, together with mature filter 
functions for data exchange from/to various formats. Also 
included are advanced fax and phone capabilities for ISDN cards-- 
incoming fax messages can be received by e-mail and calls can be 
automatically received by e-mail as sound files.

Everything for Multimedia and Mobility

In addition to CD/DVD writing applications, sound mixing, 
editing, and an integrated synthesizer, SuSE Linux 8.2 is the 
first distribution to include MainActor, a professional video 
editing application, enabling customers to compose and edit 
digital movies. The KDE scanning application Kooka and the 
commercial OCR tool Kadmos enable users to scan both printed and 
hand-written texts into the word processing application.

With the comfortable and enhanced SuSE configuration profile 
manager, notebook users, who commute between different locations, 
can switch to the network and hardware configurations of every 
office site and therefore, can use scanners and printers of the 
respective location with a simple mouse click. Laptop users will 
also value the improved wireless LAN support that can be easily 
configured with SuSE's YaST2 tool (Yet another Setup tool). 
Interesting for application developers and for quality assurance: 
KDE's new "Desktop Sharing" allows remote control of the screens 
of several network hosts across hardware borders.

Quick, Easy Installation

SuSE Linux 8.2's unique installation and configuration tool -- 
YaST2 -- gives users the fastest, most comprehensive and secure 
set-up package in the industry - quickly and easily installing 
the software, identifying hardware components, setting up user 
administration, and configuring Internet access. The new SuSE 
Watcher also automatically informs users about security-related 
enhancements, enabling them to keep their systems always 
up-to-date.

Power for Experienced Linux Users - Protecting Data and Hosts

SuSE Linux 8.2 also delivers the most innovative Linux 
technologies for experienced users. The SuSE-optimized kernel 
2.4.20 -- with more than 1,200 drivers -- represents the latest 
stage of Linux development, ensuring outstanding performance. 
Version 4.3 of XFree86 supports even more graphics cards. SuSE 
Linux 8.2 also includes a pre-release of gcc 3.3 and the latest 
version of SunJava2 (1.4.1).

In version 8.2, SuSE again focused on protecting data and hosts. 
Apart from proven tools such as SuSE Firewall 2 and a crypto file 
system for protecting data in the event of theft, further 
security enhancements include support of S/MIME standards for 
e-mail encryption and the possibility to store folders in the 
running system in a crypto file system without the need for a new 
partitioning.

The KDE desktop security system Kiosk can be used to limit 
individual configuration changes, thereby improving the 
efficiency of the administration of multiple users.

Availability and Pricing

SuSE Linux 8.2 will be available from Mid-April at computer 
retailers. The recommended retail price for SuSE Linux 8.2 
Personal (3 CDs, User Guide, 60 days of installation support) is 
EUR 49,90; the price for SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional (5 CDs, 2 
DVDs, User Guide + Administration Guide, 90 days of installation 
support) is EUR 89,90.

About SuSE Linux

SuSE Linux is one of the world's leading providers of products 
and services, based on the Linux operating system. In addition to 
the operating system and application software for private 
customers, SuSE offers software solutions and complete systems 
for the use of Linux in the enterprise. SuSE supports enterprise 
customers with a comprehensive range of qualified consulting, 
training, and support services. Hosting the world's largest 
development team for Open Source solutions, SuSE Linux shares its 
unique project and support information online, in the largest 
existing Linux knowledge database. Further information on SuSE 
Linux can be found at http://www.suse.de/en/

Press contact:
SuSE Linux AG
Martina Krahmer
Deutschherrnstr. 15-19
90429 Nuremberg
Germany
martina.krahmer@suse.de
Phone: +49-(0)911-74053507