SuSE Linux 7.2 Available June 15th - Will Focus on Security
The SuSE Desktop, based on the graphical user interface
KDE 2.1.2, boasts numerous improvements: "Konqueror"
combines all features of a web browser and file manager
into one single tool. Now Konqueror supports all common
web formats, as well as Netscape Communicator plug-ins
for displaying flash, RealAudio, and Real Video media.
SSL (Secure Socket Layer) constitutes a secure basis for
banking transactions in Linux. KDE 2.1.2 is a useful
tool to perform user-, group-, and company-specific
configuration settings. When a new desktop look is
desired, one of fourteen full-fledged desktop styles can
be selected with a button-click. GTK themes (Gimp
Toolkit) and designs of the latest GNOME desktop version
1.4 can also be integrated by choice.
Focus on Security
SuSE YOU (YaST Online Update) keeps Linux systems up to date. A few mouse clicks are all that is needed to connect SuSE YOU to the SuSE server and install the latest security updates and bug fixes free of charge.
Big Time Multimedia on SuSE Linux
The sound support in SuSE Linux 7.2 has been improved considerably. A host of applications is provided for music fans, including an MP3 player, a drum computer, and a midi keyboard, and a multi-function editing studio.
Power for Professionals
SuSE Linux 7.2 offering the advanced Kernel 2.4.4, based on glibc 2.2.2. Administrators of heterogeneous networks are provided with the authentication tool Kerberos5. YaST2 front end facilitates the configuration of the printer subsystems LPD and CUPS and enables toggling between the two systems with a button-click.
The latest release 2.2 of the Windows file and print server Samba is now capable of operating with the Distributed File System by Microsoft. The support of Windows 2000 workstations in Samba domains and the administration of the NT server manager are some of the new features of Samba 2.2.
Installation Support Included
From June 15th on, SuSE Linux 7.2 for IA32 will be available directly from the manufacturer as well as from bookstores and software retailers. The recommended retail price is $29.95 for SuSE Linux 7.2 Personal (3 CDs, 3 manuals, 60 days of installation support) and $69.95 for SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional (7 CDs, 1 DVD, 5 manuals, 90 days of installation support).
For further information:
http://www.suse.de/en/produkte/susesoft/linux/index.html.
About SuSE Linux: http://www.suse.com/us/products.
