SuSE 9.1 Available for Download

Aiua writes "Novell and SuSE AG have made the Live Evaluation CD of SuSE Linux 9.1 available for download. A list of mirrors carrying the 680MB ISO image is available on the SuSE Website. The Live CD allows you to test some of the new features of 9.1 without installation, and is a SuSE recommended download to test your computer for distribution compatability. The full Personal and Professional Editions are now shipping and available for purchase in the SuSE Store or your local reseller." Reader Sweetshark points out that the first release of the Live CD has problems, so make sure you get the most recent one: "SUSE Security Announcement: Live CD 9.1 (SuSE-SA:2004:011) describes a big security hole in the SuSE 9.1 Personal Edition Live CD: 'Upon boot, the Live CD will automatically configure a network card if one has been detected. [...] A configuration error on the Live CD allows for a passwordless, remote root login to the system via ssh, if the computer has booted from the Live CD and if it is connected to a network.' A fixed iso is available."

Comments

OpenSSH

[uebermts]

congratulations to SuSE!
A whole new meaning of *Open*SSH

Re:I'll wait a week.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll wait a week too. Nothing to do with SUSE or downloading, I'm just installing Gentoo.

Re:Obscure version numbering?

[Anonymous Coward]

I wish they had Linux 2000 Professional and Linux XP.

Cool

[MrRuslan]

I tought I would never see pirated Linux distros but i just looked on xMule and i saw cds and dvds of this...this means Linux is gaining ground LoL.

LINs (like VINs?)

[vxvxvxvx]

This is a great idea! We could have Linux Identification Numbers (like VIN) and they would be able to tell you everything you need to know. So, a sample LIN number could be

WSPKY474X4F000001

Where W means it's made in germany, KY means it runs 2.6 kernel, and so forth and so on. Then all you gotta do is ask the person for their LIN number and you know everything about their distribution and release! Genius!

Re:LINs (like VINs?)

[Anonymous Coward]

> KY means it runs 2.6 kernel

Yeah, cause we all know that you'll need some KY to run a 2.6 kernel!

Re:Remote hole!?

[ocelotbob]

The difference is that SuSE already provided a full refund of the .iso's purchase price for all those affected by this security hole ;3

Weeee!

[divine_13]

*Runs away to the local store...* *Stops outside of it...* *Thinks...* *Turns back, and downloads it at home* There yah go! X)

Re:I'll wait a week.

[Requiem]

Yeah, that should take about a week.

Re:Best linux desktop so far!

[Mateito]

Finally something tha can be installed and run by an end user without hand holding from a geek.

Bugger. There goes my last chance of meeting a girl.

But...

[SmileeTiger]

I _JUST_ gave a co-worker a copy of my SuSE 9.0 live CD to try out at home!

Seriously! I gave him a copy of the CD and then when I got back to my desk and took a look at /. this story was at the top!

Oh well. I guess that was a waste of a CD. Time to get him a copy of 9.1.

Re:I'll wait a week.

[Lord Kano]

I just dug around the mirrors list, FTP from the Indiana state site are giving me about 1.15M/s on my work link.

Wait 20 minutes and check it again, you just told all of /. about it.

LK

Re:I wonder...

[theendlessnow]

I've always been annoyed by the fact that SuSE has never made regular full-install ISOs available.

Blah blah ftp install blah blah... I've heard it before.

You must be very, very young my friend. SUSE stopped making ISOs with version 7 which dates WAY back to Q3 of the year 2000!! Since any "friend" will gladly make you a copy, what's the big deal? In fact, it saves you the download time and everything!!

Hmmm... I guess there is the requirement that you have to have at least one friend though... may be tougher than I thought.

Oh... I guess this went in one ear and out the other... let me rephrase so you can understand:

Blah blah friend blah burn me a copy blah blah

Re:I'll wait a week.

[crawling_chaos]

Optimist.