Editorial Review:Amazon.com Item Description:SuSE Linux 7.1 for Alpha combines the 64-bit Alpha processor's efficiency and speed with the stability of the Linux OS. It offers more than 1,200 applications, ranging from desktop applications to extreme Linux computing environments, such as Beowulf clusters and server implementations. Also included is the Development Tools for Linux CD, with C/C++ and Fortran utilities, Math Libraries, an Enterprise Tool Kit, and more.
Other features include the YaST configuration and administration tool, featuring 2 TB memory support and raw device support, SuSE-optimized Linux kernel 2.4.2 and kernel 2.2.18, XFree86TM 4.0.2 with TrueType support, SaX2 graphical configuration tool for XFree86 4.0.2, and Samba 2.0.7, which allows networking with Windows. You also get KDE 2.1 and GNOME 1.2 desktop environments, and a continual update service via FTP. The package includes six CDs (including a boot disk), a 500-page handbook, and 60 days of technical support.
Applications include:
- For the office: AbiWord, KOffice (beta), the HTML editors Quanta, Bluefish, and Webmaker
- Imaging: GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) and ImageMagick
- Multimedia: CD player, MOD player, MP3 player, MIDI sequencer, OSS (Open Sound System), ALSA (Advanced Linux Sound Architecture)
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL
- Programming: C/C++, Fortran, Pascal, Java2 (Compaq), Perl, Python, and PHP
- Networking: TCP/IP, IPsec, NFS, UUCP, SLIP, PPP, IPX, amateur radio, AppleTalk, ISDN, Samba, Token Ring, ARCnet, A-DSL, Internet
- Internet/networking: WWW, mail, news, IRC, ICQ, DNS, firewall, proxy, PPP dial-in, DHCP, Internet telephony
- Unix tools: awk, sed, grep, find, rcs, make, groff, bison, flex, perl, m4
- Apache Web development package: Includes php4, zope, midgard, jserv, tomcat, backhand, WebDAV
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