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| 1 | CraigBox | 1 | [SUSE] is a German LinuxDistribution that has the same sort of importance in Europe as RedHatLinux has in the rest of the world. The latest version of SUSE includes [Kernel] 2.6, [KDE], [GNOME], and has full support for the [amd64] architecture. |
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| 4 | CraigBox | 3 | The official capitalization of the name (SuSE, SUSE, Suse, etc) has been [changed many times|http://www.goodbye-dots.de/]. |
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| 2 | IanMcDonald | 5 | [SUSE] (the company) is now owned by [Novell], so expect the LinuxDistribution to either become the base of "Novell Enterprise Linux", or to gain a lot more relevance in the future as a product of its own merit, with NetWare services running on top of it. [SUSE] are putting a foot in the water by establishing [openSUSE|http://www.opensuse.org] to be a free version of [SUSE] and to act like FedoraCore is to RedHatEnterpriseLinux. |
| 1 | CraigBox | 6 | |
| 6 | CraigBox | 7 | Many seasoned users find [SUSE] pretty awful as far as distributions go. Its configuration tools interfere with manual tweaking a lot of the time, and while you can ignore them and remove all the automatisms, that certainly means no less work than setting yourself up on a less "puffy" distro. The default install doesn't include things like a [Compiler], make(1), locate(1) and others that really should be available on every "real" system, though you can easily add these missing tools with a few clicks once you know about them. |
| 1 | CraigBox | 8 | |
| 2 | IanMcDonald | 9 | It is not a bad choice as an introductory system, but most adept users seem to move on to other distributions once they're a bit more familiar with Linux. If you want a beginner friendly LinuxDistribution that might last you longer, [Ubuntu] is possibly a better choice. It is also one you're likely to find help with among [WLUG]gers -- [SUSE] never had much of a following in NewZealand. |
| 1 | CraigBox | 10 | |
| 2 | IanMcDonald | 11 | [SUSE] is best suited for businesses rather than end users. Where flexibility and control over any one machine matters less than easy roll-out and maintenance of mass installations, it is an excellent choice. [SUSE] offer a popular Enterprise Linux flavour of their distribution, which is often the only option other than RedHatEnterpriseLinux that third-party software vendors will support. In these situations it is a reasonable choice. |
| 1 | CraigBox | 12 | |
| 5 | AristotlePagaltzis | 13 | !! See also |
| 3 | MattBrown | 14 | |
| 5 | AristotlePagaltzis | 15 | * [SUSE/OpenLDAP/Samba server tutorial | http://www.stress-free.co.nz/content/view/126/59/] |
| 1 | CraigBox | 16 | |
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