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openSUSE Description

openSUSE provides everything today's Linux user needs for home computing and computing-on-the-go

For rich, reliable and secure home computing, there's no better choice than openSUSE. It features an easy-to-install Linux operating system that lets you browse the Web, send e-mail, chat with friends, organize digital photos, play movies and songs, and create documents and spreadsheets. You can even use it to host a Web site or blog, create a home network and develop your own applications.

Whether you're new to Linux or you use it daily, openSUSE delivers the features you need most for home computing and networking. It also includes more than 1,000 of the world's leading open source applications. From established solutions like Firefox and OpenOffice.org to new technologies like Beagle and Xen, these applications are a real value. You simply open the box, run the installation program and start using Linux for everything you do. Choose the default set of applications to get a great desktop or customize your entire computing environment. It's truly that easy.

Because it's Linux, your system is inherently secure, practically immune to e-mail and Web-borne viruses and worms. Of course, there are solid security features built right in. It's all there. Read on to see why openSUSE is the complete Linux solution you've been looking for.

Although not intended for business deployments, openSUSE provides corporate evaluators with an excellent first look at technologies like Xen (virtualization), OpenOffice (productivity suite), Beagle (desktop search) and Mono (open source development environment).

Home Desktop

openSUSE includes all of the latest desktop productivity tools to help you with your most common home computing tasks. Whether it's instant messaging and communicating with friends, creating and designing graphics, or organizing digital picture and music files, you'll find what you need on our easy-to-use desktop. And to make finding things even easier, we've included the latest version of the new Linux desktop search technology: Beagle Desktop Search. Beagle is the powerful new open source search engine that puts all of the content in your personal information space at your fingertips. Plus, to keep your desktop secure, openSUSE includes powerful built-in tools for spam blocking, virus scanning and application-level protection.

Ease of Use

Using Linux for the first time? No worries! openSUSE was designed with you in mind. With the simple, streamlined installation you'll quickly be up and running. Its rich graphical environment, full of familiar cascading menus, icons and dialog boxes, ensures that your transition to Linux is painless. In addition, your openSUSE is the most interoperable Linux system available today: applications like OpenOffice.org make sharing files with Windows users a snap-from this Linux desktop you can read and create files compatible with Microsoft Office. The Novell edition of OpenOffice.org lets you also benefit from the Visual Basic macro interpreter, and-with the automatic Linux-Windows dual-boot configuration, you will stay even more flexible. Finally, you can use all the other standard content files-including PDF, RealMedia and Flash-directly on your Linux desktop.

Network Computing

openSUSE comes ready to connect to your home wireless network. Plus, for advanced home networks, you can use the latest versions of open source networking services like Samba, Apache, DNS and DHCP. These robust home networks include Web hosting, centralized printing and media workstations. With special features to speed everything from server setup and configuration to software updating, openSUSE contains the most comprehensive set of tools ever included in a retail Linux package.

Virtualization

Virtualization is the hot topic in IT today. Virtualization allows a single machine to run multiple operating systems at the same time and makes far better use of your computer resources. openSUSE incorporates the open source, modular Xen virtualization technology. It provides support for both paravirtualization and full virtualization, leveraging both Intel VT and AMD Virtualization (AMD-V) processor capabilities. openSUSE also includes virtualization solutions like VirtualBox, KVM and Qemu.

Application Development

From established development standards like Eclipse and KDevelop, to the newest open source tools like Mono and Xen, you'll find that openSUSE is packed with tools that make it easy to develop powerful Linux and cross-platform applications. And, with powerful databases like MySQL, PostgreSQL and Derby as application-development resources, there's no telling how far you can go!

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