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SuSE Linux 9.2 Professional Released

Posted by michael on from the if-you-love-something-let-it-go dept.

InnerPhalanx writes "Today, SuSE 9.2 Professional Edition has been released. SuSE writes: 'It combines a fast, secure operating system and more than 1,000 popular open source applications. It is the first complete Linux package to harness both the improved Linux kernel 2.6 and the recently enhanced GNOME 2.6 and KDE 3.3 user desktop environments. Ideal for Linux enthusiasts and developers, SUSE LINUX Professional 9.2 improves support for mobile users and delivers a host of essential tools.' More information at the SuSE website. The price is $89.95. The update version is $59.95. A live DVD image is also available on the SuSE website, for use by DVD. Have fun, SuSE Pro users!" Reader tannhaus submits an early review.

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  1. The Linux Mirror Project... by tcopeland · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...is hosting BitTorrents of the SuSE 9.2 LiveCDs here. 1.3 TB transferred on the DVD so far!

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  2. Update version at Amazon for $55 free shipping by UnderAttack · · Score: 4, Informative

    I wasn't able to find the update version at Suse.com. However, it looks like Amazon.com got it (with free 'super saver' shipping):

    Suse Linux Professional 9.2 Upgrade Strong Encryption 128 Bit

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  3. Re:Question by purplebear · · Score: 3, Informative

    Updates for each version of SuSE have always been in separate repositories. If you want to stick to standard packages, you'll have to upgrade.

  4. Re:Gnome 2.6? by destiney · · Score: 3, Informative


    The review (that you didn't read) clearly states that since Gnome 2.8 was only released in September that it was not included due to time constraints.

  5. Re:How about a laptop by tty21 · · Score: 3, Informative

    I've loaded the Suse release 8.1 pro on Dell laptops - no issues other than the panel display wasn't detected the xfconfig for the neomagic - lots of web support for it. If you're wondering about the Dell website not listing Linux, call them direct and if the sales drone can't help, have them escalate. I find you can usually get what you want by whining and snivelling.

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  6. great for laptops by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have been running it since RC3, and they have really focused on laptops in this release. It installed smoothly on my HP nc6000, and everything works - including build-in bluetooth and wireless.

    Nice job SuSE developers!

  7. no personal any more by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    there is no more personal build for 9.2 and above.

    but u can try the live dvd media

    http://www.suse.com/us/private/download/ftp/live_e val_int.html

  8. Suse Linux by digitaltraveller · · Score: 3, Informative

    Do the freely downloadable ISO images contain Suse's OpenExchange mail/groupware server?

    The other ones seem to lack a bit of pizazz. The two major competitors seem to be the
    BillWorkgroup (as in Gates) server and the unencumbered Netline version of OpenExchange which IIRC is derived from the Suse OPX codebase.

    Everything else I looked at is crap. I checked out Communigate Pro (a commercial product) and though it looked mostly professional, it had a bunch of features that simply weren't available in Outlook. I'd consider tolerating that from a free software project but not a proprietary offering.

  9. My problem with SUSE by AvantLegion · · Score: 4, Informative
    I love SUSE for many great features, but I don't use it as my regular Linux OS. The main reason for this is that there is simply TOO much software that is NOT available through YAST/YOU. It seems that a lot of people use apt4rpm along with it, and track down a ton of 3rd party repositories, some of unknown origin (to me at least) and questionable veracity. Maybe I'm weird, but I hate being pointed to a repository with a domain name that I don't recognize, with no apparent ties to the distro project itself... just sorta *there*. Who's doing it? Why should I trust their packages?

    I guess that's one reason I like Debian and Gentoo. If I need it, they've got it, and not in some package ghetto somewhere.

    Plus, I think YAST is so handy, but useless in that I have to go to apt4rpm for so much software. It takes away one of the advantages to SUSE.

    If I could access all the software I needed through YAST, and could do so with either repository efforts with ties to SUSE, or at least well-defined community project repositories (ie. not just an unlabeled "dump" site), then I could go back to sweet SUSE.

    Maybe it's there, and I haven't looked close enough. Then call me an idiot and point me in the right direction.

  10. Re:Question by sloanster · · Score: 4, Informative

    I will definitely want to go to 9.2 for various reasons, I don't see any benefit to staying on 9.1 when it's easy and free to upgrade. While current and older releases will continue to get security fixes for awhile, many packages will never get upgraded, and you'll need to move forward to get some of the fresher goodies in 9.2 (and later versions)

    As far as upgrading 9.1 to 9.2 via apt, it is just a matter of pointing your apt sources to a 9.2 repository - next "apt-get update; apt-get upgrade" cycle will get you on 9.2 -

  11. Not pre-shipped but... by Knara · · Score: 3, Informative
    I just got (yesterday) a Dell Inspiron 600m and installed SUSE 9.1 on it.

    Believe it or not, the install worked better out of the box than installing XP Pro and using their shrinkwrapped driver CDs.

    As far as I can tell, everything was detected automatically. I haven't played with it much yet, but nothing leaps out as broken or non-functional.

    And for us techno-types, that's pretty nice.