S.u.S.E. Linux 6.1 [software]

5-CD-ROMs, including 450-page reference book and bootdisk, all device drivers for supported hardware, and more than 50 new packages -- almost 1000 of the most useful Linux applications! Still only $49.95.

• Even faster kernel performance
• Much improved performance and support for Symmetric Multi-Processing (SMP) devices
• Driver support for many more kinds of devices, especially multimedia (video, digitizers, and sound)
• Support for more non-Intel processors and different workstations (e.g., Sparc)

SuSE Linux continues to offer improved desktop environments, including the updated KDE 1.1 and now GNOME 1.0:

• KDE (K Desktop Environment) is extended by several interesting features. The disk navigator now allows direct, menu-driven access to the complete file system; the Window Manager functions can be executed using keyboard shortcuts; Mouse key mapping is freely configurable; and you can display the menu bars of the windows at the top edge of the screen, just as with MacOS.

• A popular alternative to KDE, GNOME 1.0 is on SuSE Linux! It can also now be combined with any window manager, including WindowMaker, icewm or Enlightenment -- which are, of course, also part of SuSE Linux 6.1.

Need complete office applications? SuSE Linux 6.1 includes both StarOffice 5 Personal Edition, a complete office package which can be used free-of-charge for private purposes, and the Personal Edition of Corel WordPerfect 8 as well. Both allow you to import MS Office® files and other popular formats. As for cross-platform compatibility, Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux uses the same file format as Corel WordPerfect for Windows® 95, Windows NT®, Windows 3.1x and UNIX®.

Screenshots:

• KDE 1.1 (120 KB)
• GNOME 1.0 (50 Kb)

New features (compared to SuSE Linux 6.0):

A detailed list of new features can be found on the page New features in SuSE Linux 6.1. Here is a list of the major changes:

• Kernel 2.2.5
• XFree86^TM 3.3.3.1
• Support for all 3Dfx cards:
• Voodoo I + II (accelerated)
• Voodoo Rush (accelerated)
• Voodoo Banshee / Voodoo III (beta)
• KDE 1.1 with koffice
• GNOME 1.0
• Ghostscript 5.10
• ijb (non-cacheing HTTP proxy server that filters contents as described in the configuration files)
• freeamp (MP3-Player)
• netbeans (Cross-plattform Java IDE, Demo)

Features:

• English installation, free package selection
• "susewm": tool to keep the window manager menus up-to-date with the actually installed software
• YaST:
• Rpm package format, sources in srpm-format
• Fulltext search in package descriptions
• View of package contents
• Package independent check of permissions and ownerships
• User and group administration
• Configuration of network printers
• ISDN-configuration
• Administration of multiple networks
• Extensive online help system in HTML
• Graphical desktop XFree^TM 3.3.3.1 (X11R6.3), easy to configure with SaX or XF86Setup
• Boot from CDROM - no boot floppy needed
• Tools for internet access (mail, news, WWW)
• Complete source code
• Emulations for: DOS, Atari ST, Amiga, C64, C128, VIC20, PET, ZX Spectrum, Gameboy, Nintendo Entertainment System, Atari VCS2600, Coleco Vision, ZX81
• ... and much more!