gladly publish an article on Distrowatch OpenSuse , a distro that does not stretch frequently (tested only once a couple of years ago) , at the request of a couple of friends who use a version to work (Enterprise)
The birth of OpenSUSE dates back to 1992 when four of Linux enthusiasts - Roland Dyroff, Thomas Fehr, Hubert Mantel and Burchard Steinbild - launched the project which was called SuSE (Software und System Entwicklung) Linux. In the early days, the young company sold in a set of floppy disks, the German version of Slackware Linux, but it was not long before SuSE Linux became an independent distribution with the launch of version 4.2 in May 1996. In the years following the SuSE developers adopted the RPM package management system and introduced YaST, a system of system administration in graphical mode. Frequent releases, excellent printed documentation, and the widespread availability of SuSE in stores across Europe and North America, resulted in the increasing popularity of the distribution. SuSE Linux was acquired by Novell, Inc. in late 2003. Big changes in the development, licensing and availability of SUSE Linux followed a little later - YaST was released under the General Public License, the ISO images were freely distributed for public download, and most importantly, the development of the distribution was opened to public participation for the first time. Since the launch of the openSUSE project and the release of version 10.0 in October 2005, the distribution became completely free in every sense. The code of openSUSE is now the basis for all commercial products of Novell, originally called Novell Linux, later renamed to SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server. Today
openSUSE has a large following of satisfied users. The main reason why openSUSE receives gratification from users are cleanliness and beauty of desktop environments (KDE and GNOME), excellent system administration utility (YaST), and, for those who bought the boxed version, one of the best written records available today. However, the recent agreement between Novell and Microsoft, which apparently recognizes the rights of intellectual property of Microsoft on Linux, has resulted in a welter of condemnation by many Linux personalities and has convinced some people to change their distribution. Although Novell has disregarded the agreement and that Microsoft has not exercised any rights, this event remains a thorn in the eyes of many companies Linux Community.
- Pro: Configuration Tool understandable and intuitive large repository of software packages, excellent infrastructure of the website and printed documentation
- Cons: Novell has partnered with Microsoft in November 2006 that legalized Microsoft to hold rights to Linux, the graphical procedure in the management and administrative the desktop is often seen as clumsy and slow "
- package management software: Graphics YaST and the command line with the use of RPM packages
OpenSUSE 11.0 To download the 'latest version:
DownLoad Page
Copyright © 2007 Ladislav Bodnar . Was this Italian translation kindly provided by Giorgio Beltramme .
DownLoad Page
Copyright © 2007 Ladislav Bodnar . Was this Italian translation kindly provided by Giorgio Beltramme .
