SuSE Linux

SUSE is a main version of a Linux distribution, produced in Germany and owned by Attachmate Group. SUSE is also a founding member of the Desktop Linux Consortium. Starting from version "10.2 Alpha 3" its official name is openSUSE. The current mascot of SUSE is a chameleon called "Geeko".

History
The SUSE Linux distribution was originally a German translation of Slackware Linux. The Slackware distribution was founded by Peter MacDonald, and was the first distribution to contain X and TCP/IP. S.u.S.E was founded in 1992 as a UNIX speaking group, which among other things regularly released software packages that included SLS and Slackware, and printed UNIX/Linux manuals. In 1994 the group released the first CD version of SLS/Slackware, under the name "S.u.S.E Linux 1.0." Then in 1996, SuSE Linux gained many aspects from Red Hat Linux. The name "SUSE Linux" came in September 2003.

On 4 November 2003, Novell announced it would buy SuSE. They planned to release the administration program YaST2 under the GPL license and add a community project, openSUSE. The openSUSE desktop  environment can be GNOME or KDE. Most parts of the program were "open"—not completely, but more than before. The version "10.0" was the first version that had public beta testing. The philosophy changed from before. There were multiple versions of the "10.0" Linux distribution for download. They are "OSS" (completely open source), with all programs "free" and without proprietary softwares, and "eval" (has both open source and proprietary applications).

Versions
 Main Versions1.0- April 19941.0.9- July 199411/94- November 19944/95- April 19958/95- August 199511/95- November 19954.2- May 19964.3- September 19964.4- May 19974.4.1- February 19975.0- June 19975.1- November 19975.2- 23 March 19985.3- 10 September 19986.0- 21 December 19986.1- 7 April 19996.2- 12 August 19996.3- 25 November 19996.4- 27 March 20007.0- 27 September 20007.1- 24 January 20017.2- 15 June 20017.3- 13 October 20018.0- 22 April 20028.1- 30 September 20028.2- 7 April 20039.0- 15 October 20039.1- 23 April 20049.2- 25 October 20049.3- 16 April 200510.0- 6 October 200510.1- 11 May 200610.2- 7 December 200610.3- 4 October 2007

Official website
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Category:Linux distributions