Editorial Review:

Amazon.com Review:
Stop wondering if Linux is ready for prime time. SuSE Linux 7.1 Professional is here. It starts with the elegant, upgraded graphical YaST2 installation and maintenance utility, which now uses GNU Parted to repartition a Windows drive on the fly. YaST2 recognizes most hardware, as well as offering easier updating and configuration for complex programs such as Sendmail. It can even set up NFS for you.

This version of the distribution (it also comes in a Personal version) is aimed at network and power users. It includes support for clustering and RAID, as well as an LDAP server and ReiserFS journaling file system. You get consumer-oriented support for digital cameras, TV and video grabber cards, as well as USB and the new Cups printing system. DSL Net access is supported, and the 2.4 kernel is now standard. XFree 4.0.2 supports font anti-aliasing for gorgeous text, which, together with the font server for TrueType fonts and the now default KDE 2.01 desktop, makes for a better, faster, more beautiful, and easier-to-use Linux.

The 2,000 applications include the usual server software and utilities, plus consumer software including Sun StarOffice 5.2, KOffice, the GIMP, GNOME, and other desktops. Suse 7.1 Professional would be worth buying just for the amazing manuals, updated for this version. They provide more software tutorials and configuration walkthroughs than any other distribution. You get 90-day support. You won't need it. --Steve Patient

Amazon.com Item Description:
SuSE Linux 7.1 brings you all of the advantages of Linus Torvalds's new kernel 2.4. The professional edition is a complete Linux package for IT professionals and ambitious home and office users. It includes more than 2,000 programs on DVD and CD.

Some of the features are A-DSL support, Logical Volume Manager, LDAP, Reiser FS, and an optimized KDE 2.0 desktop. SuSE Linux Professional enables an efficient implementation of network solutions, security concepts, cross-platform data exchange, or multimedia systems for home users. Without losing professional-level functionality, users are provided with the full convenience of the SuSE Linux Personal Edition. Apart from databases, server applications for mail, e-commerce, Web, FTP, and file server, the software range also includes StarOffice 5.2, Netscape 4.76, Moonlight3D, and Gimp. SuSE Linux Professional is available for all relevant hardware architectures. This makes SuSE a suitable development platform for Linux applications, and also for using Linux in heterogeneous networks.

Contents: seven CDs, one DVD, four manuals (including the SuSE Linux Handbook), and 90 days of installation suppport.

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