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SUSE 9.1 announced
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Novell Releases First Commercial Linux Featuring 2.6 Kernel Higher performance and greater ease of use for both 32- and 64-bit platforms, with newest GNOME and KDE interfaces HANNOVER, Germany (CeBIT 2004) - March 18, 2004 - Novell today unveiled SUSE® LINUX 9.1 Personal and SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional, the first complete commercial Linux* products based on the 2.6 kernel, providing the only significant retail Linux products on the market. SUSE LINUX 9.1 will enable customers to take full advantage of Linux on both 32- and 64-bit platforms, and it includes the latest GNOME and KDE desktop interfaces for product flexibility and user choice. "SUSE LINUX 9.1 brings the latest open source technology into a single, easy-to-use package for beginners and experienced Linux users," said Markus Rex, general manager of SUSE LINUX for Novell. "Seasoned Linux users get the power of 64-bit computing and more than 2,500 software packages. Linux beginners can take advantage of 9.1's LiveCD, which requires no installation. For veterans or beginners, SUSE LINUX 9.1 has it all." SUSE LINUX 9.1 Professional delivers the latest Linux technology for standard 32-bit PC processors as well as for AMD Athlon* 64 and Intel* Extended Memory 64 Technology. SUSE LINUX 9.1 Personal is delivered with a "LiveCD," a self-running Linux CD that lets Linux evaluators experience SUSE LINUX 9.1 on their systems without actually having to install it on their machines. The new 2.6 Linux kernel enables the efficient distribution of hardware resources, for example guaranteeing high-quality music and video performance even as other applications are started and run simultaneously. The DMA mode also accelerates CD and DVD burning. The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA), which is spearheaded by Novell's SUSE LINUX business unit, is now an integral component of kernel 2.6. ALSA supports most common sound cards and provides diverse audio functions. Kernel 2.6 boasts an improved ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) implementation, enabling more-efficient power management and extending battery operation time for laptops.
The Latest Desktops: GNOME 2.4.2 and KDE 3.2.1 The newest GNOME desktop emphasizes usability and user comfort while delivering key new features to Linux users such as CD-burning capabilities, a universal instant messaging client (Gaim), simplified printing configuration (via CUPS) and many other configuration improvements. Specific new GNOME applications include GNOME Meeting video conferencing system, a full-featured video conferencing protocol which supports most video conferencing standards, and Evolution, the award-winning groupware suite featuring GPG support, SSL connectivity for added security and inline spell checking. In addition, significant accessibility improvements have been made. The new Gnopernicus accessibility framework facilitates desktop access by both blind and low-vision users, as well as provides tools that allow disabled users to manipulate the desktop. The latest version of KDE, version 3.2.1, includes more than 10,000 improvements, making it the fastest, most stable KDE yet. Included among the upgrades, the new personal information manager Kontact now presents a uniform interface for e-mail, calendar, address book and notes. The instant messenger Kopete permits quick contacts through MSN*, AIM*, ICQ*, IRC, Yahoo Messenger* and Jabber*. In addition, there is integrated spell checking for Web forms and e-mail messages, and functionality of the file manager and Web browser Konqueror have been expanded. With Konqueror, Internet Explorer bookmarks can be imported, and users can quickly browse through image directories, network folders and network services, rip audio CDs, and read the contents of digital cameras and USB sticks. Kwallet serves as a central storage for passwords and access information. The music manager JuK enables the smart and intuitive management of large music archives.
Included Applications
SUSE LINUX Personal - Simple Migration, No Installation Needed
SUSE LINUX Professional - All in One Another new package is Samba 3, which ensures the optimum interaction of Linux and Windows* hosts in heterogeneous networks. Samba 3 now enables the integration of Linux hosts in Windows domains and access to Active Directory*. Files deleted on the client can now be restored on the server. With the single sign-on, authentication on a Samba server does not require any further changes for a Windows XP client. The consolidation of hardware is facilitated by the option to configure virtual Samba servers. Other elements include Quanta Plus, the HTML editor and SLP support, and KDevelop 3.0 with C, C++, and Java* support, customizable layout, freely selectable editor, separate class overview for C++, automatic code completion, syntax check, and integrated debuggers. In addition, the UML modeler Umbrello facilitates object-oriented software development.
Available in Early May
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X server? Posted Mar 18, 2004 17:00 UTC (Thu) by zorgan (guest, #4016) [Link] As often the case, it is interesting as what they omitted to mention. Does anybodyknow which X tree they will be using? Is SuSE still keeping its options open? And if you don't know with certainty, rumours are still fun...
X server? Posted Mar 18, 2004 17:35 UTC (Thu) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link] The distribution is not on ftp yet, so it's hard to say. We can assume, however, that if SUSE decided to ship XFree86 4.4.0, they would have to mention it :-)
X server? Posted Mar 20, 2004 17:30 UTC (Sat) by andyrock (guest, #20337) [Link] i read somewhere that they're going to use a x server based on x 4.4before the licence change.
SUSE 9.1 announced Posted Mar 18, 2004 20:50 UTC (Thu) by oak (subscriber, #2786) [Link] Why they don't include Gnome 2.6? It's going to be released before the end of the month.
SUSE 9.1 announced Posted Mar 19, 2004 11:57 UTC (Fri) by LenZ (subscriber, #1051) [Link] Why they don't include Gnome 2.6? It's going to be released before the end of the month.Because it would not get much beta testing then. The SUSE 9.1 beta test is in progress for quite a while already, and the package version have been frozen already.
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