SuSE Linux 8.0

SuSE Linux 8.0 Professional is designed for easy implementation of servers, network solutions, security concepts, cross-platform data exchange, and multimedia systems. Many of these solutions are even preconfigured. SuSE 8.0's seven-CD-ROM package is an encyclopedic collection of some of the best solutions on Linux, giving system administrators a full tool chest. The YaST2 installer has been revised and enhanced with newly developed modules, and features improved and automated hardware detection.

With SuSE Linux you can read the data of all Windows systems. On Windows 95, 98, 98 SE, and Me, Linux can even write data, so the Windows partition can be used to store data you process in Linux. Whether you want to process image, text, Word, Excel, or PowerPoint files, the applications in Linux can read many formats of the Windows world. And with StarOffice 5.2 you can do more than word processing, spreadsheets, and presentations. It also provides a mail client, an HTML editor, a database, a scheduler, a drawing program, an image-processing application, and several other practical utilities.

SuSE Linux 8.0 is the first version to offer the KDE 3.0 desktop environment, which makes working, playing, and surfing even easier for newcomers and equips professionals with complex, adaptable tools. KDE 3.0 boasts a host of innovative features that help save time and money. Use smart menus, the extensive help functions, and the individual customization functionality. Configure your desktop according to your needs. Set up your own menus, the menu bar, background, and screen fonts.

KDE3: A Wealth of Features SuSE Linux 8.0 is the first distribution to offer KDE 3.0, the new version of the attractive desktop environment KDE. KDE makes working, playing, and surfing even easier for newcomers and equips professionals with complex, adaptable tools. KDE 3.0 boasts a host of innovative features that help save time and money. The SuSE Quickmenu provides direct access to frequently-used data, programs, and utilities. Clear symbols and smart menus make Linux enjoyable.

• New Versions of Important System Components
  • Kernel 2.4.18
  • glibc 2.2.5
  • KDE 3.0
  • GNOME 1.4.1 RC1
  • SuSE Firewall 2
• YaST Improvements and New Features
  • Revolutionary: the installation is performed with a few mouse clicks; following a brief system check, the "suggestion screen" offers useful suggestions for all major installation parameters (which can of course be modified manually)
  • New: Choice of mouse type
  • New: module for activating DMA for hard disks and CD-ROM drives
  • New: backup module
  • New: the complete selection of installed packages can be stored during the software installation
  • Improved: firewall setup
  • Improved: the hardware detection is performed automatically at the end of the installation; automatic detection and setup is also possible in the running system
  • Improved: network and mail setup
  • Improved: YaST2 in text mode
• New in the Manuals and the Documentation
  • The manuals "Reference" and "Network" have been combined
  • Newcomer chapter instead of the previous "Quickinstall" manual
  • Description of the scanning program Kooka and the CD writing software KOnCD
  • Revised printer and scanner chapters
  • Description of the new installation routine
  • SuSETour online
  • Books can again be browsed in HTML and in the SuSE Help
• Additional New Features and Improvements
  • Complete revision of the SuSE Help Center
  • Completely revised scanning program Kooka
  • New exciting games: Racer and Vegastrike
  • Now DVDs can be written (on the command line)
  • New sound driver software Alsa 0.9!
  • Complete revision of the previous /etc/rc.config, which was split into several configuration files in the new directory /etc/sysconfig