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SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional review

Wednesday 26 May 2004, 9:21 PM

SuSE Linux 9,1 is perfect for gurus and newbies alike

SuSE offers a very simple, easy-to-use installer, and makes installation a breeze. Once installed, YaST can be used to accomplish most administrative tasks. KDE 3.2.1 is much faster than previous versions, and coupled with kernel 2.6 shows dramatic speed improvements. There are applications galore, and YaST is always there to add any extras you may need. Integration of the whole system is excellent. I can browse my Windows network, and copy files across WITHOUT having to mount anything. I can extract .tar.gz files just by right-clicking and choosing Actions->Extract Here. It's just as easy as Windows. Using SuSE Linux is a breeze.

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SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional

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If you’re looking for relatively straightforward Linux-based office productivity, you should have few problems with this distribution.

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