SuSE announces 8.2

By Matt Whipp

Posted on 14 Mar 2003 at 16:44

SuSE has unveiled version 8.2 of its Linux-based operating system on home turf at the CeBIT show in Hanover.

Claiming to be Europe's most popular and the US's fastest-growing Linux distribution, the company is confident enough to be targeting home users with this latest edition.

With this in mind, SuSE has updated the kernel with more than 1,200 drivers, supporting even more graphics cards, and technologies such as Exchange 2000 servers and the latest Java2.

It also reckons itself to be the first distro to incorporate professional video editing application MainActor as pat of a multimedia bundle that includes software for CD/DVD writing, sound mixing, and editing.

Office applications are supplied by the OpenOffice.org 1.0.2 suite.

An enhanced SuSE configuration profile manager means mobile users can set up various configurations for home, the office or out in the field and change between them at a click of a mouse. There is also better support for wireless networking and desktop sharing for the remote control of other systems on the network.

SuSE 8.2 will be launched in April, costing €49.90 (£34) for the Personal Edition, and €89.90 (£61) for the Professional Edition.