Since it's release on July 17th, 2006 SuSe Linux Enterprise 10 has been downloaded 165,000 times. There are some download numbers for your reading enjoyment. I dream of the day when someone downloads something I wrote that many times (and no not that obscure poetry from eleventh grade). Ok, now with our head back out of the clouds, SuSe's website (the enterprise edition at least) has racked up over 312,000 hits in 10 days. So far the response has been overwhelming.
Novell is thrilled. I wonder, has anyone tried this version of Linux, meaning the SuSe Enterprise 10 edition in particular? What did you think of it, and why is it superior to previous releases of Linux? Personally I haven't used it, have you?
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Subscribe to commentsKent HostermanJul 31st 2006 8:15PM
I've been running in a dual boot on my laptop for a little over a month now I think. I've been playing with linux off and on since kernel 1.something, loading it(or attempting to) playing with it a while and reverting regretfully back to windows every time. This time though, yes! I think this one's a keeper. It loaded flawlessly and quickly- found all my hardware, found my windows network, my networked printer, everything perfect right from the get go. Now if only they would start porting games to linux I would kiss M$ goodbye forever.
IanJul 31st 2006 8:55PM
I had big plans to migrate my work system (new T60 laptop) to SLED 10, but ran into my two big pitfalls (this is the third time I've tried to do this migration):
- no support for Cisco LEAP authentication -- wireless network
- no Linux client for Lotus Notes -- this may be fixed with IBM's recent announcement.
For a workstation though, I'm sold. I loved the Xgl effects and the "better desktop" structure.
MattJul 31st 2006 10:53PM
I've had a pretty good experience with it as well. Note that you can still use it without paying - it just means you don't have access to the Novell updates. It also supports WPA2 encryption for wireless networks, which is the main reason I chose SLED10 over ubuntu.
My only problem with it so far is trying to install applications that are not pre-packaged for SLED10 yet. This wouldn't be a problem if I had more technical experience in linux however.
PatrickAug 1st 2006 5:54PM
It installed easily, is very easy to use (no command line required), has a number of features already that Vista promises, includes a free Office suite (OpenOffice) that has had no trouble with the MS Office files I have opened in it, and has awesome 3D graphics capabilities even with low end 3D graphics cards.
A huge step forward from the previous Linux desktops I have tried. Try it, you'll like it.
RobAug 2nd 2006 10:55AM
I recently upgraded from Fedora Core 4 to Open SuSE 10.1. Compared to FC4 it has piles of stuff included out of the box. I like that because it saves me time over manually setting everything up or even going out and finding the RPMs I need. The general problem that I have with SuSE is that the layout is different from what I'm used to on other Linux distros and the configuration files are heavily tweaked. So far I'm willing to live with that in exchange for having so many tools ready to go.