SUSE Linux distributions
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Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....
and is distributed with system
System software
System software is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software.The most basic types of system software are:...
and application software
Application software
Application software, also known as an application or an "app", is computer software designed to help the user to perform specific tasks. Examples include enterprise software, accounting software, office suites, graphics software and media players. Many application programs deal principally with...
from other open source projects. SUSE Linux is of German origin and mainly developed in Europe. The first version appeared in early 1994, making SUSE the oldest existing commercial distribution. It is known for its YaST configuration tool.
Novell
Novell
Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise...
bought the SuSE brands and trademarks in 2003. Novell, one of the founding members of the Open Invention Network
Open Invention Network
The Open Invention Network is a company that acquires patents and licenses them royalty free to entities which, in turn, agree not to assert their own patents against Linux and Linux-related systems and applications.-History:...
, decided to make the community an important part of their development process by opening widely the distribution development to outside contributors in 2005, creating the openSUSE distribution
OpenSUSE
openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by SUSE...
and the openSUSE Project
OpenSUSE Project
The openSUSE Project is a community project to produce, improve and document the openSUSE Linux distribution and make it the "world's best Linux distribution".-Project:The openSUSE Project is a community program sponsored by Novell, AMD and IP Exchange...
. Novell employed over 500 developers working on SUSE in 2004. On 27 April 2011, Novell (and SUSE) were acquired by Attachmate
Attachmate
Attachmate Corporation is a software company owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Cressey Bravo. Attachmate focuses on terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer, and enterprise fraud management software. Attachmate Corporation...
.
The developer
Gesellschaft für Software und System Entwicklung mbH (Lit. Company for Software and System Development) was founded on September 2, 1992 in NurembergNuremberg
Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, by twenty-somethings Roland Dyroff, Thomas Fehr, Burchard Steinbild and Hubert Mantel. Three of the founders were still studying mathematics at a university; Fehr had already graduated and begun work as a software engineer.
The original idea was that the company would develop software and function as an advisory UNIX
Unix
Unix is a multitasking, multi-user computer operating system originally developed in 1969 by a group of AT&T employees at Bell Labs, including Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie, Brian Kernighan, Douglas McIlroy, and Joe Ossanna...
group. According to Mantel, the group decided to distribute Linux, offering support.
The name "S.u.S.E" was originally a German acronym for "Software und System-Entwicklung", meaning "Software and systems development". However, the full name has never been used and the company has always been known as "S.u.S.E", shortened to "SuSE" in October 1998 and more recently "SUSE".
The official logo
Logo
A logo is a graphic mark or emblem commonly used by commercial enterprises, organizations and even individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition...
and current mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
of the distribution is a veiled chameleon
Veiled Chameleon
The veiled chameleon, Chamaeleo calyptratus, is a large species of chameleon found in the mountain regions of Yemen, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. It is also sometimes referred to as the Yemen Chameleon....
officially named "Geeko" (portmanteau of "Gecko
Gecko
Geckos are lizards belonging to the infraorder Gekkota, found in warm climates throughout the world. They range from 1.6 cm to 60 cm....
" and "geek
Geek
The word geek is a slang term, with different meanings ranging from "a computer expert or enthusiast" to "a carnival performer who performs sensationally morbid or disgusting acts", with a general pejorative meaning of "a peculiar or otherwise dislikable person, esp[ecially] one who is perceived to...
") following a competition. Its design has evolved over time.
Origins
Softlanding Linux System
Softlanding Linux System was an early Linux distribution founded by Peter MacDonald in May, 1992.SLS was the first release to offer a comprehensive Linux distribution containing more than the Linux kernel and basic utilities, including TCP/IP and the X Window System.- History :SLS was the most...
(SLS, now defunct) and Slackware
Slackware
Slackware is a free and open source Linux-based operating system. It was one of the earliest operating systems to be built on top of the Linux kernel and is the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. in 1993...
, printed UNIX/Linux manuals, and offered technical assistance.
These third party products SUSE initially used had those characteristics and were managed by SUSE in different fashions:
- In mid-1992, Peter MacDonaldPeter MacDonald (computer programmer)Peter MacDonald is a Canadian software engineer, best known as the creator of Softlanding Linux System , widely regarded as the first complete Linux distribution. Some of his work served as a foundation of Wine...
founded SLS, which offered the first distribution to contain elements such as XX Window SystemThe X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
and TCP/IP. The company was sending a set of 40 floppy disks containing Slackware to people who wanted to get Linux. - Slackware (maintained by Patrick VolkerdingPatrick VolkerdingPatrick Volkerding is the founder and maintainer of the Slackware Linux distribution. He is the "Slackware Benevolent Dictator for Life." Volkerding earned a Bachelor of Science in computer science from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 1993.For a short while, Chris Lumens and others assisted...
) was initially based largely on SLS, and the SUSE Linux distribution was originally a German translation of SlackwareSlackwareSlackware is a free and open source Linux-based operating system. It was one of the earliest operating systems to be built on top of the Linux kernel and is the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware was created by Patrick Volkerding of Slackware Linux, Inc. in 1993...
. In 1994 Patrick Volkerding's scripts were translated, accompanying the original S.u.S.E Linux 1.0 distribution, which was a German version of Slackware, developed in close collaboration with Volkerding. The floppies turned into CDs.
For building its very own distribution of Linux S.u.S.E used the jurix
Jurix
jurix is an early day, mainly floppy based Linux distribution that is now discontinued. It was created and maintained by Florian La Roche from the legal department at Saarland University, and stamped with a copyright for at least the span from 1994 to 1996...
distribution (now defunct) as starting point. This was created by Florian La Roche, who joined the S.u.S.E team, and began to develop YaST, the installer and configuration tool that would become the central point of the distribution.
In 1996, the first distribution under the name S.u.S.E Linux was published as S.u.S.E Linux 4.2. The version number has caused much discussion: it should have been just a version 1.1, but it was the beginning of a new distribution. The number 4.2 was an intentional reference to the answer to the "Big Question about Life, the Universe and Everything" of the H2g2
H2g2
h2g2 is a British-based collaborative online encyclopedia project engaged in the construction of, in its own words, "an unconventional guide to life, the universe, and everything", in the spirit of the fictional publication The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy from the science fiction comedy series...
science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
s of the English writer Douglas Adams
Douglas Adams
Douglas Noel Adams was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known as the author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which started life in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy before developing into a "trilogy" of five books that sold over 15 million copies in his lifetime, a television...
: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a science fiction comedy series created by Douglas Adams. Originally a radio comedy broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1978, it was later adapted to other formats, and over several years it gradually became an international multi-media phenomenon...
. YaST's first version number, 0.42, came from the same source.
Expansion
Over time, SuSE Linux incorporated many aspects of Red Hat LinuxRed Hat Linux
Red Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004.Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994...
, such as its RPM Package Manager
RPM Package Manager
RPM Package Manager is a package management system. The name RPM variously refers to the .rpm file format, files in this format, software packaged in such files, and the package manager itself...
and its file structure.
S.u.S.E. was the largest Linux distributor in Germany. In 1997, SuSE, LLC was established in Oakland, California
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, for entering the U.S. Linux market. While Red Hat was ubiquitous in the United States, SuSE Linux continued to grow in
Germany, but also in Nordic countries such as Finland and Sweden. In October 1998, it was renamed SuSE (without dots). Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds
Linus Benedict Torvalds is a Finnish software engineer and hacker, best known for having initiated the development of the open source Linux kernel. He later became the chief architect of the Linux kernel, and now acts as the project's coordinator...
, the creator of the Linux kernel
Linux kernel
The Linux kernel is an operating system kernel used by the Linux family of Unix-like operating systems. It is one of the most prominent examples of free and open source software....
, used it himself fairly often. SuSE entered the UK in 1999.
In 2001, the company was forced to significantly reduce its staff to survive.
Novell
Novell
Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise...
announced it would acquire SuSE Linux AG for $210 million. The acquisition was finalized in January 2004.
In a move to more effectively reach its business audience, SuSE introduced the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server in 2001, and changed the company name to SUSE Linux a few months before Novell's purchase. "SUSE" is now a name, not an acronym.
According to J. Philips, Novell's corporate technology strategist for the Asia Pacific region, Novell would not "in the medium term" alter the way in which SUSE was developed. At Novell's annual BrainShare gathering in 2004, all computers ran SUSE Linux for the first time and it was announced that the proprietary SUSE administration program YaST2 would be released under the GPL license.
The openSUSE Project
On August 4, 2005, Novell announced that the SUSE Professional series would become more open, with the launch of the openSUSE ProjectOpenSUSE Project
The openSUSE Project is a community project to produce, improve and document the openSUSE Linux distribution and make it the "world's best Linux distribution".-Project:The openSUSE Project is a community program sponsored by Novell, AMD and IP Exchange...
community. The software had always been open source, but openSUSE opened the development process, allowing developers and users to test and develop it. Previously all development work was done in-house by SUSE. Version 10.0 was the first version that offered public beta testing.
SUSE Linux 10.0 included both open source and proprietary applications and retail boxed-set editions. As part of the change, YaST Online Update server access became free for all SUSE Linux users, and also for the first time, the GNOME
GNOME
GNOME is a desktop environment and graphical user interface that runs on top of a computer operating system. It is composed entirely of free and open source software...
desktop was upgraded to equal status with the traditional KDE
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
.
Microsoft agreement
On November 3, 2006 (renewed July 25, 2011), NovellNovell
Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise...
signed an agreement with Microsoft
Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
covering improvement of SUSE's interoperability with Microsoft Windows, cross-promotion/marketing of both products and patent cross-licensing . The agreement is considered controversial by part of the Free Software
Free software
Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients can also do...
community.
Attachmate takeover
On November 22, 2010, Novell announced that it had agreed to be acquired by AttachmateAttachmate
Attachmate Corporation is a software company owned by an investment group led by Francisco Partners, Golden Gate Capital, and Thoma Cressey Bravo. Attachmate focuses on terminal emulation, legacy modernization, managed file transfer, and enterprise fraud management software. Attachmate Corporation...
for $2.2 billion. Attachmate plans to operate Novell as two units, SUSE becoming a stand-alone business and anticipates no change to the relationship between the SUSE business and the openSUSE project as a result of this transaction.
The U.S. Department of Justice announced that in order to proceed with the first phase of their acquisition of certain patents and patent applications from Novell Inc., CPTN Holdings LLC and its owners altered their original agreements to address the department's antitrust concerns. The department said that, as originally proposed, the deal would jeopardize the ability of open source software, such as Linux, to continue to innovate and compete in the development and distribution of server, desktop, and mobile operating systems, middleware, and virtualization products.
With regard to licensing the patents:
- All of the Novell patents will be acquired subject to the GNU General Public License, Version 2, a widely adopted open-source license, and the Open Invention Network (OIN) License, a significant license for the Linux System;
- CPTN does not have the right to limit which of the patents, if any, are available under the OIN license; and
- Neither CPTN nor its owners will make any statement or take any action with the purpose of influencing or encouraging either Novell or Attachmate to modify which of the patents are available under the OIN license.
The acquisition has been completed on 27 April 2011. Subsequently, on July 23, 2011 Attachmate launched a new website for the SUSE business.
Versions
For EOL, EOS and EOXS (End-of-eXtended-Support) see http://support.novell.com/inc/lifecycle/linux.html| Project | Version | Date of issue | End of life | Linux kernel version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.u.S.E Linux (Slackware-based) |
3/94 | 1994-03-29 | ???? | 1.0 |
| 7/94 | 1994-07 | ???? | 1.0.9 | |
| 11/94 | 1994-11 | ???? | ?.?.? | |
| 4/95 | 1995-04 | ???? | 1.2.9 | |
| 8/95 | 1995-08 | ???? | ?.?.? | |
| 11/95 | 1995-11 | ???? | 1.2.13 | |
| S.u.S.E Linux | 4.2 | 1996-05 | ???? | 2.0.0 |
| 4.3 | 1996-09 | ???? | 2.0.18 | |
| 4.4 | 1997-05 | ???? | 2.0.23(25?) | |
| 4.4.1 | ???? | ???? | 2.0.28 | |
| 5.0 | 1997-07 | ???? | 2.0.30 | |
| 5.1 | 1997-10 | ???? | 2.0.32 | |
| 5.2 | 1998-03-23 | 2000 | 2.0.33 | |
| 5.3 | 1998-09-10 | 2000 | 2.0.35 | |
| SuSE Linux | 6.0 | 1998-12-21 | 2000 | 2.0.36 |
| 6.1 | 1999-04-07 | 2001 | 2.2.6 | |
| 6.2 | 1999-08-12 | 2001 | 2.2.10 | |
| 6.3 | 1999-11-25 | 2001-12-10 | 2.2.13 | |
| 6.4 | 2000-03-09 | 2002-06-17 | 2.2.14 | |
| 7.0 | 2000-09-27 | 2002-11-04 | 2.2.16 | |
| 7.1 | 2001-04-21 | 2003-05-16 | 2.2.18 / 2.4.0 | |
| 7.2 | 2001-06-15 | 2003-10-01 | 2.2.19 / 2.4.4 | |
| 7.3 | 2001-10-13 | 2003-12-15 | 2.4.9 | |
| 8.0 | 2002-04-22 | 2004-06-30 | 2.4.18 | |
| 8.1 | 2002-09-30 | 2005-01-31 | 2.4.19 | |
| 8.2 | 2003-04-07 | 2005-07-14 | 2.4.20 | |
| SUSE Linux | 9.0 | 2003-10-15 | 2005-12-15 | 2.4.21 / 2.6.1 |
| 9.1 | 2004-04-23 | 2006-06-30 | 2.6.4 | |
| 9.2 | 2004-10-25 | 2006-10-31 | 2.6.8 | |
| 9.3 | 2005-04-16 | 2007-04-30 | 2.6.11 | |
| 10.0 | 2005-10-06 | 2007-11-30 | 2.6.13 | |
| 10.1 | 2006-05-11 | 2008-05-31 | 2.6.16 | |
| 10.1bis | 2006-10-13 | 2008-05-31 | 2.6.16 | |
| openSUSE | 10.2 | 2006-12-07 | 2008-11-30 | 2.6.18 |
| 10.3 | 2007-10-04 | 2009-10-31 | 2.6.22 | |
| 11.0 | 2008-06-19 | 2010-06-26 | 2.6.25 | |
| 11.1 | 2008-12-18 | 2011-01-14 | 2.6.27 | |
| 11.2 | 2009-11-12 | 2011-05-12 | 2.6.31 | |
| 11.3 | 2010-07-15 | 2012-01-16 | 2.6.34 | |
| 11.4 | 2011-03-10 | 2012-09-15 | 2.6.37 | |
| 12.1 | 2011-11-16 | 2013-05-15 | 3.1 | |
SUSE family products
SUSE Linux is available under two brands, openSUSE and SUSE Linux Enterprise. openSUSE is a free, community distribution driven by the openSUSE ProjectOpenSUSE Project
The openSUSE Project is a community project to produce, improve and document the openSUSE Linux distribution and make it the "world's best Linux distribution".-Project:The openSUSE Project is a community program sponsored by Novell, AMD and IP Exchange...
. It includes some of the latest "bleeding edge
Bleeding edge
Bleeding edge technology is technology that is so new that it could have a high risk of being unreliable and may incur greater expense in order to use it...
" Linux technologies and is designed for home users and enthusiasts. SUSE Linux Enterprise is SUSE's tested and certified open-source solution for major enterprises.
openSUSE vs SUSE Linux Enterprise
openSUSE is a freely available, community project that releases versions on a comparatively frequent basis and generally uses the latest versions of the various open source projects that it includes.SUSE Linux Enterprise is SUSE's commercial edition, which SUSE releases much less frequently, enabling it to offer support more effectively for enterprise/production deployments. SUSE typically uses a version of openSUSE as the basis for SUSE Linux Enterprise.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server vs Desktop
SUSE offers SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a Linux distribution supplied by SUSE and targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, mainframes, and workstations but can be installed on desktop computers for testing as well. New major versions are released at an interval of 3-4 years, while...
and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop , formerly introduced as Novell Linux Desktop, is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell and targeted at the business market. It is targeted for desktops. New major versions are released at an interval of 24–36 months, while minor versions are released every 9–12...
. Each focuses on packages that fit its specific purpose. For example, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop does not include the Apache Web Server, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server does not include Xgl
Xgl
Xgl was an X server architecture designed to take advantage of modern graphics cards via their OpenGL drivers, layered on top of OpenGL via glitz. It supported hardware acceleration of all X, OpenGL and XVideo applications and graphical effects by a compositing window manager such as Compiz or...
/Compiz
Compiz
Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management. The effects, such as a minimization effect and a cube workspace are implemented as loadable plugins...
.
openSUSE
- Main articles: openSUSEOpenSUSEopenSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by SUSE...
and openSUSE ProjectOpenSUSE ProjectThe openSUSE Project is a community project to produce, improve and document the openSUSE Linux distribution and make it the "world's best Linux distribution".-Project:The openSUSE Project is a community program sponsored by Novell, AMD and IP Exchange...
openSUSE
OpenSUSE
openSUSE is a general purpose operating system built on top of the Linux kernel, developed by the community-supported openSUSE Project and sponsored by SUSE...
is driven by the openSUSE Project
OpenSUSE Project
The openSUSE Project is a community project to produce, improve and document the openSUSE Linux distribution and make it the "world's best Linux distribution".-Project:The openSUSE Project is a community program sponsored by Novell, AMD and IP Exchange...
community and sponsored by Novell
Novell
Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise...
, to develop and maintain SUSE Linux components. It is the equivalent of the historic "SuSE Linux Professional". After their acquisition of SUSE Linux, Novell
Novell
Novell, Inc. is a multinational software and services company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Attachmate Group. It specializes in network operating systems, such as Novell NetWare; systems management solutions, such as Novell ZENworks; and collaboration solutions, such as Novell Groupwise...
has decided to make the community an important part of their development process.
It has a theoretical cycle development of eight months and a lifetime (duration of the critical updates) of 18 months from the date of release. It is fully and freely available for immediate download.
SUSE Linux Enterprise
- Main articles: SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerSUSE Linux Enterprise ServerSUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a Linux distribution supplied by SUSE and targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, mainframes, and workstations but can be installed on desktop computers for testing as well. New major versions are released at an interval of 3-4 years, while...
and SUSE Linux Enterprise DesktopSUSE Linux Enterprise DesktopSUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop , formerly introduced as Novell Linux Desktop, is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell and targeted at the business market. It is targeted for desktops. New major versions are released at an interval of 24–36 months, while minor versions are released every 9–12...
Novell develops multiple products for its "enterprise" business line. These business products target corporate environments, with a higher life cycle (7 years, extendable to 10), a longer development cycle (24 to 36 months), a guarantee of stability at the potential expense of development speed, technical support and certification by independent hardware and software vendors. SUSE Linux Enterprise products are only available for sale (updates fees).
SUSE Linux Enterprise has fewer packages than the openSUSE distribution. Most of the difference are desktop applications which are more suited to consumers than to business. The enterprise products are:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise ServerSUSE Linux Enterprise ServerSUSE Linux Enterprise Server is a Linux distribution supplied by SUSE and targeted at the business market. It is targeted for servers, mainframes, and workstations but can be installed on desktop computers for testing as well. New major versions are released at an interval of 3-4 years, while...
is a serverServer (computing)In the context of client-server architecture, a server is a computer program running to serve the requests of other programs, the "clients". Thus, the "server" performs some computational task on behalf of "clients"...
-oriented operating system targeted at corporate environments. - SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time is a modified version of SLES supporting low-latency operations where the time factor is critical.
- SUSE Linux Enterprise DesktopSUSE Linux Enterprise DesktopSUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop , formerly introduced as Novell Linux Desktop, is a Linux distribution supplied by Novell and targeted at the business market. It is targeted for desktops. New major versions are released at an interval of 24–36 months, while minor versions are released every 9–12...
is a desktopDesktop computerA desktop computer is a personal computer in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a mobile laptop or portable computer. Early desktop computers are designed to lay flat on the desk, while modern towers stand upright...
-oriented operating system targeted at corporate environments. - SUSE Linux Enterprise Thin Client (SLETC) is a modified version of SLED targeted at thin client terminals.
When installed using a Linux kernel, Novell Open Enterprise Server
Novell Open Enterprise Server
Novell Open Enterprise Server is the successor product to Novell, Inc.'s NetWare operating system, based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server . Originally released in March 2005, the current release is OES 2 SP3...
(OES) uses SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as a platform. This product is also known as OES-Linux.
See also
- Linux on zSeries
- List of Linux distributions
- Comparison of Linux distributionsComparison of Linux distributionsTechnical variations of Linux distributions include support for different hardware devices and systems or software package configurations. Organizational differences may be motivated by historical reasons...
- SUSE StudioSUSE StudioSUSE Studio is an online Linux image creation tool by Novell. Users can develop their own Linux OS, software appliance or virtual appliance, mainly choosing which applications and packages they want on their "custom" Linux and how it looks...