Novell Ships SUSE Linux 10.1

Novell Ships SUSE Linux 10.1

Novell today announced SUSE® Linux 10.1, the newest version of Novell’s award-winning community Linux* distribution, is now available. SUSE Linux 10.1 is the first version of SUSE Linux created in full partnership with the open source community, and it provides everything a user needs to get started with Linux. Available for free download or in a convenient packaged retail edition, SUSE Linux 10.1 delivers reliability and security at an affordable price.

“Novell and the openSUSE community have created a Linux product that will interest new Linux users as well as the most technically savvy,” said Holger Dyroff, vice president of SUSE Linux product management for Novell®. “SUSE Linux 10.1 is the only retail offering that delivers the latest of what Linux has to offer, from the most recent advancements in desktop search and graphic user interfaces to interoperability with the most popular Windows applications. Whether they’re using Linux to power a personal Web server, as their personal application development environment or just for basic computing, customers will find what they need in SUSE Linux 10.1.”

SUSE Linux 10.1 features more than 1,500 software packages containing the latest open source innovations. It provides a complete desktop experience for new Linux users, including the new OpenOffice.org office productivity suite, Firefox* Web browser, GAIM instant messaging client, multimedia tools and graphical software. For technical enthusiasts, SUSE Linux 10.1 also offers the latest open source applications for developing applications, setting up a home network and running a Web server, as well as the latest previews of virtualization software, clustering file systems and technologies.

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