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-[Suse] is a German LinuxDistribution that has the same sort of importance in Europe as RedHatLinux has in the rest of the world.
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-Most seasoned users find it pretty awful as far as distributions go. Its configuration tools interfere with manual tweaking a lot of the time, and the standard install doesn't include things like a [Compiler], make(1), locate(1) and others that really should be available on every "real" system. By clicking a few buttons in the installation process, a power user can easily install the proper tools needed to compile and build open source tools.
The latest version of Suse includes the
2.6 kernel
, KDE, Gnome
, and has full support for the AMD64
architecture.
+[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.
The official capitalization of the name (SuSE, SUSE, Suse, etc) has been changed so many times that it's best to just refer to it as [Suse] out of resignation as much as out of spite.
-It's
now owned by [Novell], so expect it
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] (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.
+
+Most 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.
+
+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 European distro that might last you longer, [Mandriva] 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
.
-If you want a European beginner friendly distro,
[Mandrake
] should be a much 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
.
+[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
.
-[Suse
] also has a popular Enterprise Linux distribution. Several third-party software vendors only support Redhat Enterprise and Suse Linux, so in these situations Suse would be a reasonable choice
.
+Read a
[review of SUSE Personal Edition 9.1 | SuseReview
].
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