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SUSE Linux Enterprise 10, a Closer Look

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the ready-aim-fire dept.

Tripperfish writes "Mad Penguin's Adam Doxtater has published an in-depth review of SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, Novell's alleged 'Vista Killer.' From the article: 'SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 is a very capable, industrial strength desktop which is ready to take on basic desktop chores in the corporate environment, and for the price you simply cannot go wrong. ' The review comes complete with screenshots and Flash movies of the install, new GNOME interface, and Beagle in action."

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  1. Another example by robogun · · Score: 4, Informative

    Mozilla = Mosaic Killer, dating from long before you ever pushed a mouse. Relax, it's an olde tradition.

  2. Re:Can We Just Grow Up Yet? by alucinor · · Score: 4, Informative

    So what kind of article were you expecting from a guy called "Mad Penguin"?

    Different strokes for differnent folks. I enjoy Mad Penguin's crazy style, and so do others. That's why we read him.

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  3. Re:and for the price you simply cannot go wrong by ozmanjusri · · Score: 3, Informative
    Free?

    It is at the moment. If you have a look on their website, Novell are offering a free download for evaluation. Unlike some other evaluation versions of operating systems, it doesn't expire.

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  4. Umm... the reviewer missed XGL? by vbillings · · Score: 3, Informative

    The reviewer totally spaced off the coolest part of SLED, seamless support for XGL. SLED has an XGL configurator built into the control panel. It even makes installing vga drivers easy on Linux for once, no mucking with the xorg.conf to get dual monitors or XGL working.

    Seriously, if you like eye candy, Linux has never had it better. This will even impress the guys using a Mac. Remember how cool it was to play with the Dock the first time? This is like that only better.

    If you could care less for eye candy but like the productivity boost of Apple's Expose, then you need to look into SLED. If you like accessability, XGL does zoom better than any other desktop, even Windows. No other distro has XGL like SLED does since Novell sponsored its development. http://www.novell.com/linux/xglrelease/ Its hard for me to believe that this guy missed that in his review.

    I don't think that SLED 10 is a Vista killer, but it does make Desktop linux look good even to Windows fanboys. Seriously, give XGL on SLED a look.